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#1 2009-08-13 02:15:27
- Rasi
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Will we see split openoffice packages too?
Now that pacman is capable of splitting, is there a chance this might happen? I always find it frustrating having to install the whole beast, when i only use one part of it.
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#2 2009-08-13 02:20:46
- ngoonee
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Re: Will we see split openoffice packages too?
Well, as long as there's a group that I can install once and be done with... Is it even possible? Aren't the parts inter-related?
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#3 2009-08-13 03:18:50
- sand_man
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Re: Will we see split openoffice packages too?
They are all part of the same executable (I think) but possibly if you compile it yourself you can omit certain features.
Maybe the maintainer can shed some light on this.
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#4 2009-08-13 03:23:49
- Allan
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Re: Will we see split openoffice packages too?
I heard a rumor that Andy was going to look at doing that.
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#5 2009-08-13 04:41:13
- AndyRTR
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Re: Will we see split openoffice packages too?
Right now it would be a mess to split OOo into writer, calc ... Look at the spec file Fodora uses. Long like a book. So I doubt it can be easily done that soon. As a first step we are looking to build a split out OOo-sdk pkg.
I'm also unsure if it's worth now the effort to do a monster split. There are upstream changes going on especially in the Novell ooo-build project to integrate splitted builds into the Makefiles that would make it a lot easier.
Things are in progress but will takes some time. You are always invited to provide patches or improve PKGBUILDs.
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