From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 25 13:26:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21861065692 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B37B88FC22 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (unknown [188.46.195.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB028A0FBC; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:26:03 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:59 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091024) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de References: <20091123190546.GA1210@killasmurf86.pc> <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com> <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark Linimon , Aldis Berjoza , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:09 -0000 Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:01:19 -0600 > Mark Linimon wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:05:46PM +0200, Aldis Berjoza wrote: >>> I and some other FreeBSD users are wondering why there are no >>> OpenOffice.org package available on FreeBSD Mirrors? >> OpenOffice is one of our most complex packages, and, depending on which >> package node it builds on, can take nearly a day to run. That plus the >> large number of dependencies it has makes it hard to build. >> >> I know that this is not a very satisfactory answer. I promise to once >> again look into the problem. >> > > Does the fact that it uses java cause a problem? Used to be that the > user had to manually download files from Sun, which would be impractical > for an automated run. > If it depended on OpenJDK by default it wouldn't be a problem. I do not know whether it does. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?