On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 16:38 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I'm interested in contibuting to an open source office suite that will > run on Debian, and prefrably interface nicely with GNOME. I've got > some experience with OpenOffice, but I note that GNOME comes with its > own office software like Abiword and Gnumeric. > > Which direction does the Linux development community seem to be > heading in? I know there have been some issues with OpenOffice's > requirements for Java, which doesn't always play nice with Debian. > > On the other hand, the office apps native to Gnome don't seem to be as > full featured as OpenOffice. > > Where would be the best place to concentrate my efforts? Which > community has the best support for new developers?
The debian-openoffice mailing list. You'll have to be running Sid, though, and not be afraid of the Experimental branch, which is where OOo2 beta lives. Remember that the prime function of the Debian Developer is to package software for Debian. Rene Engelhard would *love* help with that. If your goal, though, is to help with *code*, then it sounds like http://qa.openoffice.org/ would be the place to start. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Temporarily not of Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "What's your genius, perfect 20 years too late Monday morning quarterback answer to how the US should have responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? Oh wait, you're just talking crap - you don't have a real answer, you're just regurgitating crap from NPR." http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=76597&cid=6839483
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