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| <h2>Spotlight: On Developers and Technology</h2> |
| <p><i>2002-02-02</i> |
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| <h4>Spotlight 19: On Viewers and Porting</h4> |
| <p>This week we focus first on the Porting project. Work on the Irix and FreeBSD |
| ports of OpenOffice.org moved significantly forward, and Nick Blievers was able |
| to <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=211994&listName=dev">announce</a> |
| that the team was "getting close to building 641C out of the box!" |
| Around the same time, Tim Tretyak <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=217117&listName=dev">posted |
| a message</a> that the FreeBSD build of OpenOffice.org 641C was done. And Vicky |
| Chan <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=211139&listName=dev">announced</a> |
| that the OpenOffice.org build on Tru64 was complete. This news was greeted with |
| delight by several community members; read <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=dev&by=thread&from=5143">why</a>. |
| There is more. The Mac OS X effort is <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?listName=dev&by=author&from=5254&to=null&count=35&first=22">gaining |
| momentum</a>--but more on that later.</p> |
| <p>In the discuss list, the most popular thread concerned the issue of an OpenOffice.org |
| viewer that would further extend the functionality already present in the suite. |
| <a href="//servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=217224&listName=discuss">Martin |
| Bretschneide </a>initiated the <a href="//servlets/BrowseList?listName=discuss&by=thread&from=5377">discussion</a>, |
| and the community <a href="//servlets/BrowseList?listName=discuss&by=thread&from=5377"> |
| ran with it</a>, with end-users and developers debating the merits of the idea.</p> |
| <p>Finally, Marketing Project co-lead Josh Berkus today presented before the community |
| the new <a href="//about_us/numbering_proposal.html">numbering |
| proposal</a>. This proposal is important. Please review the proposal and send |
| in your votes to this list by February 8. </p> |
| <p>Remember, if you want the work your are doing featured here, please send me |
| a note. Send it to <a href="mailto:dev@openoffice.apache.org">dev@openoffice.apache.org</a>.</p> |
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