Jonathan Ervine schrieb:

LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:

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Hi all,

How soon will there be an openSUSE 10.2 RPM for OOo 2.2? I would like to stick to the OOo that was "created by Novell, Inc. based on OpenOffice.org". The latest release I have is Build 2.0.4.7.

You can get later openSUSE 10.2 editions of OpenOffice.org from here: http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/openSUSE_10.2/ but it hasn't received the 2.2 RPMs yet.

Is this the NOVELL-Fork of OOo or the release of the OOo project ? I read somewhere NOVELL forked sometime ago to put in features that won't get in the regular OOo build, like better file-filters for MS-Office. Therefore the NOVELL thingy was not based on the most modern release. Andreas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:16 +0200, Andreas wrote:

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Is this the NOVELL-Fork of OOo or the release of the OOo project ? I read somewhere NOVELL forked sometime ago to put in features that won't get in the regular OOo build, like better file-filters for MS-Office. Therefore the NOVELL thingy was not based on the most modern release.

Andreas

Yea, I remember reading about it as well. I thought that would be a good reason to stick with the Novell 'thingy'. Or ... is/will it be such an improvement?

How about installing both versions in parallel to test? Someone done that yet?

I've downloaded and installed from here on openSUSE 10.2 and it's listed as 2.1 built by Novell. As far as I'm aware the Novell additions to the 2.1 version, for SLED 10 SP1, were also in the RPMs on the site I listed for SUSE 10.1/openSUSE 10.2). Mainly this is VBA macro support and has passed back to openoffice.org for inclusion in the main releases. I'm not certain but I think these contributions were scheduled for the official openoffice.org 2.1 release. And if that's not confusing enough, you can also download the openoffice.org translators for MS Office OpenXML document types here: http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?product_id=&search=Search&build_type=SDBuildBean&families=3402&version=&date_range=&keywords=&x=22&y=8 Hope this helps, Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:16 +0200, Andreas wrote:

Jonathan Ervine schrieb:

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LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:

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Hi all,

How soon will there be an openSUSE 10.2 RPM for OOo 2.2? I would like to stick to the OOo that was "created by Novell, Inc. based on OpenOffice.org". The latest release I have is Build 2.0.4.7.

You can get later openSUSE 10.2 editions of OpenOffice.org from here: http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/openSUSE_10.2/ but it hasn't received the 2.2 RPMs yet.

Is this the NOVELL-Fork of OOo or the release of the OOo project ? I read somewhere NOVELL forked sometime ago to put in features that won't get in the regular OOo build, like better file-filters for MS-Office. Therefore the NOVELL thingy was not based on the most modern release.

That was just a bogus groklaw report. We simply patch OO like every other distro, we just happen to patch more (and with features) because we have a good sized team working on OO. We send it all upstream however and most of it eventually ends up in the base OO. -JP -- JP Rosevear Novell, Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Peter Van Lone wrote:

On 3/30/07, JP Rosevear wrote:

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That was just a bogus groklaw report. We simply patch OO like every other distro, we just happen to patch more (and with features) because we have a good sized team working on OO. We send it all upstream however and most of it eventually ends up in the base OO.

A couple questions:

1)the additional features include VBA support and also I think fonts/font support of some kind --- is that correct? I've heard people say that things like screen fonts, icons, and just general fit and finish have been improved in the "novell OO" ...

Not sure about this one - to be honest I haven't used a non-Novell built version of OO.o for ages... sorry.

2)does Novell (or OOo) maintain a windows release with the added VBA and fonts support? If so -- where is it?

I would love to get a few smaller companies off of the MS Office bandwagon, as part of a stealth campaign to move them away from windows all-together. If there are real advantages to the "novell" version ... then I will seek it out.

Novell do have a Novell built version of OO.o available, however, it looks like the latest release was 2.0.4. I think this may be updated round about the SLE 10 SP1/OES 2 release though. I can't find a Novell built 2.1 for Windows I'm afraid. Jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri 30 Mar 2007 13:08, Peter Van Lone wrote:

I would love to get a few smaller companies off of the MS Office bandwagon, as part of a stealth campaign to move them away from windows all-together.

- maybe, VMware will be a comfortable path :) [ i do not know for sure, but vmware prolly have a ready built OO application which will run on VMplayer.] friendly greetings -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 08:08 -0500, Peter Van Lone wrote:

On 3/30/07, JP Rosevear wrote:

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That was just a bogus groklaw report. We simply patch OO like every other distro, we just happen to patch more (and with features) because we have a good sized team working on OO. We send it all upstream however and most of it eventually ends up in the base OO.

A couple questions:

1)the additional features include VBA support and also I think fonts/font support of some kind --- is that correct? I've heard people say that things like screen fonts, icons, and just general fit and finish have been improved in the "novell OO" ...

The VBA was a big thing, but even that is beginning to merge upstream, Noel Powers on our side has several related child work spaces going. -JP -- JP Rosevear Novell, Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org