From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 14 17:56:38 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AFB37B401 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:56:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (smtp-2a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03C443ED8 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:56:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james.pole@paradise.net.nz) Received: from 203-79-103-199.tnt14.paradise.net.nz (203-79-103-199.tnt14.paradise.net.nz [203.79.103.199]) by smtp-2.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE92F9E6DA; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:56:28 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 now available From: James Pole To: Keith Jones Cc: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3E24B87B.3000709@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <004101c2bc33$69323fd0$0200000a@sewer.org> <3E24B87B.3000709@blueyonder.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1042595781.3283.14.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 15 Jan 2003 14:56:21 +1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 14:25, Keith Jones wrote: > Craig Reyenga wrote: > > > One thing I noticed in previous releases is that the choice of > > packages is a > > little odd. Many small packages and ones that are not popular seem to make > > it on the first CD, while bigger and/or more popular ones are stuck being > > fetched+built manually after. This can be a pain on slower computers, > > especially with ports such as mozilla and openoffice. I guess what I am > > suggesting is that more attention be paid to _which_ ports make in onto CD > > #1. > > Doesn't OpenOffice.Org require the Sun JDK? If so, might that be a bit > of a problem due to licensing restrictions? AFAIK It actually dosn't require JDK in order to run althought it does require it to build from ports. This is AFAIK though. Every time I install OpenOffice (either on Windows or FreeBSD) I tend to avoid installing or using Java and it still works flawlessly (even on Windows!). OpenOffice is written in C/C++ anyway. - James -- James Pole ICQ: 21721828 AIM: kiwijames1986 MSN: james.pole@paradise.net.nz SMS: +64-210-455-139 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message