On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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 > > > > > I must confess I know next to nothing about the current architectural structure of OpenOffice, so when you originally brought this up, I was lost. My feeling at this point is any move to simplify things will be a big help! So, I look forward to working with this new structure, and seeing what it brings to performance as well as development! Thank you for your insights and work! > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Achieving happiness requires the right combination of Zen and Zin."
