Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-23 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
--- On Sat, 7/23/11, Malte Timmermann wrote: > Having extensions separated from the > source tree of the core product > doesn't mean they can't be part of some installation set. > > This is just about packaging then. > Having the extensions in the same tarball usually makes packaging easier, a

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-23 Thread Malte Timmermann
Having extensions separated from the source tree of the core product doesn't mean they can't be part of some installation set. This is just about packaging then. Malte. On 22.07.2011 17:11, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Malte Timmermann wrote: Wrt PDF Import Extension, and

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-22 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
--- On Fri, 7/22/11, Malte Timmermann wrote: > Wrt PDF Import Extension, and similar extensions: Optional > extensions should not be part of a regular OOo build or > source tree, > IMHO. > In general, I agree, however a pdf import extension (with OCR) would be popular enough that we should inc

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-22 Thread Malte Timmermann
Wrt PDF Import Extension, and similar extensions: Optional extensions should not be part of a regular OOo build or source tree, IMHO. We should have separate source trees for the core product, and for optional extensions. Malte. On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: On 18.07.2011 20:04,

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-22 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 20.07.2011 13:06, Eike Rathke wrote: Hi Mathias, On Tuesday, 2011-07-19 23:32:50 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: Builds fine on Debian Squeeze unxlngx6.pro, but I didn't get any install set, not even a .tar.gz, this helped: cd $SRC_ROOT/instsetoo_native/util dmake openoffice_en-US PKGFORMAT=in

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-22 Thread Malte Timmermann
Wrt PDF Import Extension, and similar extensions: Optional extensions should not be part of a regular OOo build or source tree, IMHO. We should have separate source trees for the core product, and for optional extensions. Malte. On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: On 18.07.2011 20:04,

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-20 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Mathias, On Tuesday, 2011-07-19 23:32:50 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > Builds fine on Debian Squeeze unxlngx6.pro, but I didn't get any install > > set, not even a .tar.gz, this helped: > > > > cd $SRC_ROOT/instsetoo_native/util > > dmake openoffice_en-US PKGFORMAT=installed > > Interestin

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-19 Thread Mathias Bauer
Hi Eike, thanks a lot for your improvements! On 19.07.2011 23:21, Eike Rathke wrote: > Hi Mathias, > > On Monday, 2011-07-18 19:14:46 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >> I wanted to have it lazy ;-), so I just added a single configure switch >> "--with-disable-copyleft" and did some quick and dir

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-19 Thread Eike Rathke
Hi Mathias, On Monday, 2011-07-18 19:14:46 +0200, Mathias Bauer wrote: > I wanted to have it lazy ;-), so I just added a single configure switch > "--with-disable-copyleft" and did some quick and dirty changes to > configure.in. Well, that resulted in copyleft always disabled ;-) because in if

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-19 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Mathias Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to get rid of some copyleft dependencies. As I will leave for > vacation on Wednesday, I now send my first patch to the list so that > others already can have a look or even continue. I only did it on Linux > so far, of course

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-19 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Andy Brown wrote: > Marcus (OOo) wrote: > > Am 07/18/2011 10:04 PM, schrieb David McKay: > >> > >> On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote: > >>> Mathias Bauer wrote: > On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > >> 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency,

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Andy Brown
Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 07/18/2011 10:04 PM, schrieb David McKay: >> >> On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote: >>> Mathias Bauer wrote: On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix >> specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. >>>

Re: OCR (was Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build)

2011-07-18 Thread Andy Brown
Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > FWIW; > > --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Andy Brown wrote: > ... >> >> I agree with you that it is the expectations that cause the >> real problem. For me it is a waste as it does not do as >> most people expect. An OCR import would be a better option, >> if we can find one. >> >

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 07/18/2011 10:04 PM, schrieb David McKay: On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote: Mathias Bauer wrote: On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. This component is used for the pdf import extension

OCR (was Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build)

2011-07-18 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
FWIW; --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Andy Brown wrote: ... > > I agree with you that it is the expectations that cause the > real problem.  For me it is a waste as it does not do as > most people expect. An OCR import would be a better option, > if we can find one. > I haven't looked at this in a while, b

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Andy Brown
David McKay wrote: > > On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote: >> Mathias Bauer wrote: >>> On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: >>> > 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix > specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. This component is used for the pdf import extension,

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 18.07.2011 21:28, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Christian Lohmaier wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni >> wrote: >> > >> > 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is >> > linux/unix specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. >> >> Why would this be l

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread David McKay
On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote: Mathias Bauer wrote: On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. This component is used for the pdf import extension, not for OOo itself. The pdf import extensio

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Andy Brown
Mathias Bauer wrote: > On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >>> 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix >>> specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. >> >> This component is used for the pdf import extension, not for OOo itself. >> >> The pdf import extension is not built by de

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
--- On Mon, 7/18/11, Christian Lohmaier wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni > wrote: > > > > 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is > > linux/unix specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. > > Why would this be linux/unix specific? xpdf code is used > for the pdf-impor

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
--- On Mon, 7/18/11, Mathias Bauer wrote: ... > > > > I would like to add a couple more: > > > > 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is > > linux/unix specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. > > This component is used for the pdf import extension, not > for OOo itself. > > The pdf imp

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi *, On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix > specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. Why would this be linux/unix specific? xpdf code is used for the pdf-import extension, and that is available for Windows as well. >

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix >> specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. > > This component is used for the pdf import extension, not for OOo itself. > > The pdf import extension is not built by default, there is a configure >

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 18.07.2011 20:04, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Hello Mathias; > > --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I tried to get rid of some copyleft dependencies. As I will >> leave for vacation on Wednesday, > > First of all, thanks so much for working on this! > >> I now send my fir

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Pedro F. Giffuni
Hello Mathias; --- On Mon, 7/18/11, Mathias Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to get rid of some copyleft dependencies. As I will > leave for vacation on Wednesday, First of all, thanks so much for working on this! > I now send my first patch to the list so that others already > can have a look o

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 18.07.2011 19:29, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> >> I wanted to have it lazy ;-), so I just added a single configure switch >> "--with-disable-copyleft" and did some quick and dirty changes to >> configure.in. If someone wants to make the name or the

Re: A first try to remove some copyleft components from the build

2011-07-18 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > I wanted to have it lazy ;-), so I just added a single configure switch > "--with-disable-copyleft" and did some quick and dirty changes to > configure.in. If someone wants to make the name or the implementation > nicer - please go for it.