Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:59 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Aldis Berjoza <killasmurf86@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org packages Message-ID: <4B0D3067.6080100@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org> References: <20091123190546.GA1210@killasmurf86.pc> <20091125110119.GB1387@lonesome.com> <20091125134327.3d9fb1a5@ernst.jennejohn.org>
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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. -- 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?
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