On Thursday 26 October 2006 17:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Then it`s sad that the port was marked for 4.0... > > > > Your ignorance continues to astound, *it isn't* marked for 4.0. > > Sometimes it is easier to work on something in-tree. > > > > -d > > Damien, briefly.. you`re talking junk. > What did I do? I tried a Port of OpenBSD 4.0 on the only avaiable > architecture. So what are you talking about? > If you love to have it in tree even if it`s brocken the Port itself could > get marked as brocken (there some of those Ports) so that nobody on any > architecture simply tries to build it. Or you even could have take care > that > the port gets NOT tagged for 4.0 (but then it still remains in the > Ports-tree for current, clever, or?). > > So who`s ignorant here? > It could have been done better... > > EOF > > Kind regards, > Sebastian
Sebastian, It could *not* have been done better. OpenOffice is a HUGE system. I have seen and worked on complex pieces of software in the past, and this ranks right up there with anything I have ever seen. The effort to get it ported to OpenBSD is *not* trivial. If it were, it would have been in the tree a long time ago. Sometimes, getting something into into shape involves working on it in stages. Getting OO into the ports tree means that a) people like me can look and play with it, b) the developers can share what they're doing easier. That is exactly what is going on now. Patch level 6 of OO 2.0.4 just came in from a participant (Fritz Elfert) that Kurt Miller took and worked wth. Large parts of OO don't work yet. While I'm pleased to say that its been handling huge documents from the FCC for me, I just found that I couldn't create a document file myself. So be it. This is definitely an evolving item, and it takes time, testing and talent to get it right. Please, be quiet. Wait, and by the time 4.1 comes around there may well be a properly working OO 2.something working. No promises but a lot of good people are working on it. Please stop adding to the noise. I feel badly enough contributing this. --STeve Andre'
