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Re: OOo source

nelz — Fri May 06, 2005 11:38 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:38 am

Nothing's impossible

Re: OOo source

hgnoel1980 — Fri May 06, 2005 11:16 am

Author: hgnoel1980

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 11:16 am

Absolutely no chance of it when OOo2 becomes final then?

RE: OOo source

nelz — Fri May 06, 2005 10:11 am

Author: nelz

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 10:11 am

We have included the source in the past, but it is big and most people don't want it. Compiling it is something of a black art, not to mention the time it takes[1]. even Gentoo recommend using the binary installer for most people.

[1] I recently compiled 1.1.4 on my 1.2GHz G4 iBook and it took over sixteen hours. the only reason I bothered is because earlier versions have a couple of security holes and there is no binary installer of 1.1.4 for PPC.

OOo source

hgnoel1980 — Fri May 06, 2005 9:46 am

Author: hgnoel1980

Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 9:46 am

How about the OpenOffice.org source code on the discs for those of us using (B)LFS??