I updated the hackers guide to describe the new 'openoffice' module, and binned reams of cruft. Added a bit on going around a development iteration, and archived the old hyper-detailed explanation. Also, Ximian got bought by Novell - which is good news for OO.o development. Also, added the beginnings of a Users' FAQ with answers.
It turns out Volker is a hero, and has been working tirelessly to fix the multitudinous problems thrown up by migrating to the new machine. Also; we've created a new mailing list for Gnome/OO.o, subscribe here.
ooo.ximian.com has moved to a newer, bigger machine; this should allow lots of nice new services - eg. ViewCVS. Unfortunately there are still some troubles switching across; the old machine is available here for Bonsai.
In response to no demand at all; bleeding edge patches can now be found in patches - copy them into a working ooo-build setup to break everything.
A new Ximianized OO.o 1.1 source set is available here with fixed native font sizing and toolbar icons, plus other fixes, red-carpet packages to follow. Also there is a new improved Valgrind available for cleaning OO.o.
Julian sent me this tutorial on how to use Valgrind. Also, Dan Kegel has written a great piece on using Valgrind with OO.o here: Don't delay - grind that code today.
New snapshots from the RC2 branch taken no 7th July are available via red-carpet; do grab them and start filing bugs. Also, to help people file bugs we've added a mapping of Names to IRC / Issuezilla accounts here.
A snapshot build of OO.o 1.1 is available for SuSE 8.2 and Redhat 9.0 via. Ximian red-carpet. We hope to have more regular snapshots available in a week or so.
More slides got manufactured for GUADEC they are available here, we also had lots of interest, and a good number of people signed the JCA 'today'.
Ximian Desktop 2 is released. The complete set of patches and icons vs. OO.o 1.0.3 can be found - in convenient form here. In order to build the CUPS support - it is necessary to grab the new libgnomecups package (which substantially wraps the truly evil CUPS API).
A small document describing the basics of slide creation, and design can be found here.
Slides from the first OOoConference are now available from here and the Ximian OO.o presentation from here.
A new section on dealing with strings, by Federico, with forthcoming 'odd ownership semantics' blurb. Also, a comedy section on stlport brokenness.
A preliminary schedule for the first OpenOffice.org Conference is available.
In the last few days I've set up a RH 8.0 slave for the OOO_STABLE_1 and cws_srx644_... branches, and Sander Vesik has done likewise for RH 7.0.
Dan Williams has setup a new tinderbox slave, building OOO_STABLE_1_PORTS for MacOS/X Darwin.
The Call For Papers for the first OpenOffice.org Conference went out. It would be really nice to meet you in Hamburg.
Stefan added the bonsai quick-links, Chris and Federico added lingucomponent, and X selection modules to linkoo, added an issuezilla entry for speed.
A new guide to help people setup a tinderbox slave for the OO.o project is here.
Updates from Ken & Chris to the hackers guide, OO643C can now be built from bash (hooray). More links to patches, and misc. fixes. Also added a photo of OO.o.
Added ootouch and a description of how to use it here.a
Added some notes on creating an ooWriter import filter using the XFilter interface. Also made some minor corrections to the SDK tutorial.
Added linkoo and a description of how to use it here.
Added tutorial on getting the OOo alpha SDK working correctly.
New section on how the build works, and a break-down of the files that describe it.
New IfAQ on bogus CVS errors.
Added a slew of interesting links to the hackers guide. Added an expl. of the String / UniString miracle of lucid coding.
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