Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:00:42 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@ebs.gr> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>, Jiawei Ye <leafy7382@gmail.com>, openoffice@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Excessive dependancies for OpenOffice 2.0 port Message-ID: <4379B1CA.6010909@ebs.gr> In-Reply-To: <20051115044629.GA70808@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200511051218.09945@Misha> <20051107.091446.41674257.chat95@mac.com> <20051107014131.GB57771@dragon.NUXI.org> <op.szuxwhno9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <c21e92e20511062319ibcbeer93b551719fcf6606@mail.gmail.com> <20051115044629.GA70808@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 03:19:49PM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote: > >>On 11/7/05, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote: >> >>>>What functionality does 'devel/gnomevfs2' give us >>> >>>============================================ >>># cat /usr/ports/devel/gnomevfs2/pkg-descr >>>The GNOME Virtual File System allows applications and users to treat >>>any number of file system concepts as a part of the local filesystem. >>>With GnomeVFS, filesystems across the internet, on connected devices, >>>and in multiple formats are as simple to access (and write code for) >>>as any directory on the local machine. >>> >>>WWW: http://www.gnome.org/ >>>============================================ >>> >>>Must be something that allow you to open and save file in VFS. >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Mezz >> >>The biggest advantage I see is that we can use OOo with underlying >>smbclient transparently to the user. > > > The issue is we don't provide underlying smbclient transparently to any > other non-GNOME app that I'm aware of. We do it for java/eclipse, too. However, there is a WITHOUT_GNOMEVFS option for avoiding the dependency. Regards, Panagiotis
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