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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      narvi <bsdnarvi@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
Subject:   Re: OpenOffice
Message-ID:  <20001013232240.7953.qmail@web10201.mail.yahoo.com>

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>From:      Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
>
>On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:24:59PM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote:
>> Now that Sun has put up the CVS servers with the OpenOffice (nee
>> StarOffice) source tree, has anyone started putting together a team to
>> create a native FreeBSD implementation?  Where do I sign up to help?
>
>Ha.  9 million lines of source code.  *shaking head*
>

Most of these code lines do not need porting, as these are common to all
platforms. The part that needs porting is the abstraction layer, which is a
small part compared to the rest.

The new native jdk-1.2.2 port will come real handy, though 8-)

	narvi

>-- 
>Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu> - Physics Computer Network wench
>The Universal Answer to All Problems - "It has something to do with physics."
>        -- Comic on door of Room 240, Physics Building, Purdue University

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