From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 20:20:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE31516A422 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:20:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ritamari.vonostingroup.com [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBE8643D79 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:20:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=[192.168.1.33]) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1F3fVj-0006dL-5M; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:20:27 -0500 Message-ID: <43DE74F2.1090701@vonostingroup.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:20:02 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "James B. Van Bokkelen" References: <43DE6F90.7090206@sandstorm.net> In-Reply-To: <43DE6F90.7090206@sandstorm.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.2.0 OpenPGP: url=http://www.franksworld.org/~laszlof/keys/0x0B3FCA4B.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vonostingroup.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-RELEASE as an office desktop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:20:14 -0000 James B. Van Bokkelen wrote: > I am using a Dell D610 laptop as a dual-purpose machine. The current > release of the product I'm working on uses FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, and > I am building kernels and applications using it. With this machine, > I am trying to get away from using WinXP for mail and office documents. > > I installed the distributed Gnome 2-2.10.2 and generally like it. > Because Gnome's mail tools don't do IMAP with local mail storage for > off-line use, I installed the thunderbird-1.0.6 package. It is usable, > but has problems fixed in 1.0.7 or 1.5. I attempted to build 1.5 from > ports, and while the result worked, shared library changes apparently > broke Gnome, so I reinstalled 6.0-RELEASE and went back to 1.0.6. > Finally, it appears that no Open Office package is available for > 6.0-RELEASE (1.0.3_6 wants much older ORBit and glib). I started to > build OO from ports, but the makefile warned me it needed 9GB free, > which would require another cycle of re-installation to obtain. > > So, it appears that I'm stalled. Building from ports introduces > library skew issues which compromise the machine as a development > environment. But obtaining Open Office for 6.0-RELEASE appears to > raise the bar beyond what I can justify to get shut of Windows. > > I know the volunteer nature of this - the first software I released > under a "copyleft" was for DECUS in the early 1980s. But I would like > to suggest that future RELEASE distributions have a goal that a usable > office desktop environment be obtainable in a straightforward way, > either from the distribution CDs, or via the net using 'pkg_add -r'. > The 6.0-RELEASE Gnome comes close, but the lack of a canned Open Office > should, IMO, be remedied. > > And in the mean time, if anyone wanted to supply me a clue or two, or > point me at a package built for 6.0-RELEASE for either Open Office > 2.x or Thunderbird 1.5, I would be quite pleased. > > James Van Bokkelen > Sandstorm Enterprises Inc. > > OOO cant be packaged on the CD due to license restrictions. Thunderbird 1.5 was released after 6.0, thus did not make it on the ISO's. As far as library "skewing" I suggest you look into using "sysutils/portupgrade" to fix issues like this. Learning how to properly maintain software on freebsd is vital to keeping the system happy, I'll admit the learning curve is a bit to overcome, but its nothing a bit of practice wont fit. Cheers, Frank