Hi ... I only wanted to say, that you can upgrade to OpenOffice.org-1.0.1rc3 on PowerPC. But I have to say, too, that the dependencies are broken, but I am working on this issue. You need libstdc++4 libstlport4.5gcc3.1 (>=4.5.3-5cjh2) libc6-2.2.5 (>=2.2.5-9.1) except libstdc++4 you can find the libs at deb http://openoffice.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice unstable main contrib Put this line into /etc/apt/sources.list and do: apt-get update ; \ apt-get install openoffice.org openoffice.org-bin libstdc++4 \ libgcc1lib stlport4.5gcc3.1 The Mozillaadressbook is included, but does not working well. This is known and I work in it! Have fun Jan On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 01:16:10PM +0200, Chris Halls wrote: >OpenOffice.org 1.0.1rc2 >======================= >I've finally got a build of 1.0.1 that seems to work well, and 1.0.1rc2 >should be available from the mirrors [1] by the time you read this. If you >wish to stay with 1.0.0-6 while possible bugs are shaken out, please see the >section about the new 'testing' apt source below. The official 1.0.1 >tarball is likely to be released this week; the remaining issues are with >non-Linux builds. > >There is a detailed changelog for 1.0.0->1.0.1 here: > http://tools.openoffice.org/releases/changelog.html > >Unfortunately, upstream have not provided a good upgrade solution for user >settings from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1. Having seen corruption of settings in the >user directory by 1.0.0 on several occasions, I am not prepared to provide a >simplistic upgrade script that simply copies settings over from the 1.0.0, >because any corruption will be carried forward and produce unexpected >additional problems. My guess is that once 1.0.1 is out and users start >discussing/complaining on the upstream lists, there will be discussion about >how settings can be presevered and possibly a better solution can be found. >For now I have modified our package to do the following: > > - Place the user install in ~/OpenOffice.org1.0.1 > (this is the default for installs from the .tar.gz, too) > - If the wrapper sees an old settings directory in ~/.openoffice, > print a warning that this directory is no longer used so the user can > delete it when they are sure that the upgrade to 1.0.1 was sucessful. > >This way, it is possible to leave the settings from 1.0.0 around so that >downgrades are possible should 1.0.1 turn out to be problematic. > >New 'testing' apt source >======================== >After having uploaded a broken 1.0.1rc1 and confused a couple of people >during the short period it was available, I have decided to make a new >'testing' source available in addition to the 'unstable' source: > >- testing - > >deb <server-url> testing main contrib > > - Contains Package versions that have had a period of testing in 'unstable' > and are not known to introduce new problems. > - When a package set has been used for few days and is known not to > introduce new bugs, it is made available in 'testing' by copying the > Packages indexes from 'unstable' > - Should be suitable for running in production environments. > - Not exactly equivalent to the current testing/Woody in the Debian > archives - these packages are still compiled on sid systems, although I > try to make it easy to install on a Woody machine by mirroring the > packages from sid that are needed (currently libgcc1 and possibly > libfreetype6 in the near future). If we get round to explicitly > compiling packages on Woody systems, they will end up in a 'woody' > aptable source. > >- unstable - > >deb <server-url> unstable main contrib > > - This is the place where new packages versions will be made available > first. > - After a period of testing (the length depending on how significant the > changes were), and provided no new bugs are found, the package versions > will be made available in 'testing': > > [upload] ---> unstable --[manual intervention]--> testing > >OpenOffice.org for PowerPC >========================== >Jan has been working hard on the PowerPC port, but progress is very slow. >gcc 2.95 is no longer supported by the upstream developer for 1.0.1 (there >is only one volunteer in addition to Jan), and there are still problems with >builds of 1.0.1 with gcc3.1.1 on Debian and SuSE. Several problems have >been uncovered in the glibc ports and other libraries. It looks like an >official 1.0.1 upstream version will not be available at the same time as >the other architectures, and consequently a .deb will also take longer. >Thanks Jan for your hard work on this! > >Preperations for upload to Debian main >====================================== >These are the remaining showstoppers that I am aware of: > > - Remove non-free Java build dependency. At build time, Java is needed to > create a set of XML files which are essential for the rest of the build. > There are also Java components which are built later on and need non-free > Java JDK APIs. We are hoping to alter the bootstrap process to use a > free JDK and not build the rest. Peter is working on this. > > - Fix the remaining policy issues in the packaging. There are some files > with the wrong permissions, and the documentation is not all installed in > /usr/share/doc. We also need manpages for the openoffice and > spadmin binaries. Is there anyone willing to put a manpage together for > us? That is a contribution you can make without having to build the > package. > > - Make .debs of libstlport4.5 that have been compiled with gcc3.0/1 and > upload. > >These are now packaging/policy-level issues so the .debs themselves should >be reasonably stable now for normal use. You may like to consider using the >new 'testing' apt source if you wish to install OOo in production >environments. > >Reporting bugs >============== >Just a reminder, we are able to use the Debian bug tracking system (BTS) >even though the packages are not yet 'official' [2]. You can report bugs >using the command: > >reportbug openoffice.org > >German dictionaries >=================== >Rene Engelhard has packaged the German dictionaries. Depending on the >variant you wish to use, you can get them from our OOo mirrors with: > >apt-get install openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-de >apt-get install openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-at >apt-get install openoffice.org-spellcheck-de-ch > >After installation, these dictionaries will be available in OOo, but you >must enable them in > > Tools->Options->Language Settings->Writing aids->Edit modules > -> Language=German > >Apart from that, we hope you enjoy 1.0.1! > >Chris Halls >Debian OpenOffice.org team > >[1] http://www.linux-debian.de/openoffice/mirrors.html >[2] http://bugs.debian.org/openoffice.org -- .''`. Jan-Hendrik Palic | : :' : ** Debian GNU/ Linux ** | ** OpenOffice.org ** ,.. ,.. `. `' http://www.debian.org | http://www.openoffice.org ,: ..` ` `- jan.palic@linux-debian.de | ' ` `
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