Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:04:01 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, gary.jennejohn@freenet.de, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Aldis Berjoza <killasmurf86@gmail.com> Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org packages Message-ID: <20091125170400.GB55794@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de> References: <20091123190546.GA1210@killasmurf86.pc> <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com> <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de>
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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 <linimon@lonesome.com> 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
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