Sorry for top posting but: +1 !!!
Groetjes, Olaf Am 22.03.2013 17:15, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt:
Hi, the so called 3layer office is not really useful anymore (it was never) and makes more problems than it helps. I thought that AOO 4.0 would be the best time to start at least with the necessary rework. The main idea is to use a new simplified directory layout and tweak the necessary config file (*rc, *.ini), rpath or similar linker flags where necessary etc. Eliminate the URE completely because we don't really want support it as a standalone product. I did some initial work so far and I am now able to build an office for Windows, MacOS and Linux with a new simplified directory layout. Windows and MacOS have already one main directory whereas on Linux we have "openoffice" (basis layer + URE) and "openoffice4" (brand layer). I removed all this base-link, ure-link, URE, urelib stuff and reorganized the directories. Example layout on Linux: openoffice4 openoffice4/help openoffice4/presets openoffice4/program -> contains basis-link/program + URE/bin + URE/lib openoffice4/program/misc -> former URE/share/misc -> will be removed openoffice4/README openoffice4/README.html openoffice4/readmes openoffice4/share In general the layout becomes more equal on all platforms. The good news is that the office work on all 3 platforms, I am able to select Java, extensions seems to work as well. Python is not yet tested, language packs are not yet tested and built but in general I am thinking it will be no problem. Advantage of this move would be a simplified structure, long term a simplified configuration when the *rc/*.ini files are consolidated. Easier deployment on Linux, no conflicts with an URE from LO or the distro at all. My idea is to continue this basic work, do further cleanup in the office as well as the build system, do further testing including the SDK... Still some work to do but from my point of view a useful move forward to get rid of this complex and unnecessary 3layer stuff. What do you think? On demand I can provide test builds if there are people interested to help with testing. Juergen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
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