Date: 15 Jan 2003 14:56:21 +1300 From: James Pole <james.pole@paradise.net.nz> To: Keith Jones <freebsd.dev@blueyonder.co.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 RC3 now available Message-ID: <1042595781.3283.14.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3E24B87B.3000709@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <004101c2bc33$69323fd0$0200000a@sewer.org> <3E24B87B.3000709@blueyonder.co.uk>
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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
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