From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 25 17:04:11 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 8E4BF1065679 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:04:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E8388FC18 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:04:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nAPH3edN029216; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:03:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:04:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:04:01 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Dominic Fandrey Message-ID: <20091125170400.GB55794@thought.org> References: <20091123190546.GA1210@killasmurf86.pc> <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com> <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Mark Linimon , gary.jennejohn@freenet.de, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Aldis Berjoza 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 17:04:11 -0000 On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 02:25:59PM +0100, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > 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. > This has been bugging me for years. If there are *open* version of things-Java, why-oh-why don't we use them by default? Sun promised to make automatic download of its stuff available years ago -- Or am I hallucinating? > -- > 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? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php