Request: OpenOffice 1.9.113

[buellman]

hi!

could openoffice 1.9.113 be backported? it's allready in breezy.
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/poo...enoffice.org2/

thanks and greets.
buellman

[abandoned_hussam]

I would really love to see that as well. If not this build, at least the final version when it is out.

[rykel]

Why can't OpenOffice.org simply be made available as an autopackage file?

That way, all of us can simply download the latest version and install it easily.

[davegod75]

Why can't OpenOffice.org simply be made available as an autopackage file?

That way, all of us can simply download the latest version and install it easily.

autopackage looks pretty cool

[jdong]

ooh, finally Breezy gets a new Openoffice.

Sure, I'll take on the task of compiling this beast for i386, using my Athlon64 beast. Of course, there's a pretty solid chance that dependency problems won't allow us to get this backport.

In the meantime, there are ways to convert Openoffice.org official binaries to debs (google ooo-debianize), and I've had good luck getting those scripts to work with newer versions with just a few hacks.

[jdong]

Why can't OpenOffice.org simply be made available as an autopackage file?

That way, all of us can simply download the latest version and install it easily.

Because Linux distros are STILL too diverse, especially when dealing with huge programs like Openoffice, to install with autopackage.

In this case, Openoffice.org must link to specific versions of GNOME libraries, amongst its other 20+ build dependencies, and the chances of those versions being binary-compatible across distributions... heck even within versions of the same distribution, are VERY VERY slim.

It'll take a miracle in order for Autopackage to start working with packages of this enormousity.

[jdong]

Ok, OOo2 in Breezy uses the GCJ 4.0 native Java environment... The GCC4.0 backports for Hoary that I made are currently insufficient for these purposes.

As of now, I'll DEFER this backport, as there's parts of the distro (Firefox backport) that could break if I mess with the GCC toolchain.

[shidai.liu]

Is openoffice2 1.9.79 in hoary?

[Seth]

Yes, it is in universe.

[shidai.liu]

Ok, OOo2 in Breezy uses the GCJ 4.0 native Java environment... The GCC4.0 backports for Hoary that I made are currently insufficient for these purposes.

As of now, I'll DEFER this backport, as there's parts of the distro (Firefox backport) that could break if I mess with the GCC toolchain.

I'm eager to see OpenOffice 2. It's pretty stable and has so many new features compared to 1. Besides, it starts up much faster.

I've used openoffice 2 in windows to create my thesis. Just like its PDF function. All the cross references and bookmarks become links in pdf. Very impressive.

Hope you can find a walkaround to this problem! Many thanks.