Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

[Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>]

Hi;

People that like to check the commit logs may have noticed
a stream of patches tagged:

"iXXX OS/2 port - **** - by Yuri Dario"

Well, I am glad to announce the core of the OS/2 port is now
committed in the tree. There are still some small patches that
Yuri will by sending in soon, but in essence we have back the
roots of an OS/2 port, that has been working on OOo
2.0/2.4/3.1 and 3.2.

Platform variety is important, and having support for many
platforms is warmly welcome. We have also been very careful
to respect ASF licensing policies so this doesn't interfere
at all with ongoing work.

Special thanks for Yuri Dario for his sustained effort over the
years and contributing this code to the Apache OOo Incubator!

Pedro.

Re: Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

[Yuri Dario <mc...@mclink.it>]

> yes, looks like an endless commit. ;-)

it is :-)

> Great, I keep my fingers crossed that a 3.4 build will work fine.

current status: builds :-) I still don't know if it runs, but I see 
some problems in registry handling (component registration is now 
different from 3.2). Also I'm unable to start vcldemo.exe because of 
new registries.

> Thanks for your work.

:-))

-- 
Bye,

	Yuri Dario

/*
 * OS/2 open source software
 * http://web.os2power.com/yuri
 * http://www.netlabs.org
*/

Re: Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

[Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>]

Ah yes:

http://www.ecomstation.com/product_info.phtml?url=nls/en/content/openoffice.html

cheers,

Pedro.

--- On Fri, 11/11/11, Jerry Kemp wrote:

> I have no delusions that OS/2 is a
> major player, but it is still out
> there as an active product and being developed for. 
> FWIW, OS/2 is now ecomstation.
> 
> http://www.ecomstation.com/
> 
> A new, major release was just recently completed, and I
> have no doubt
> that current OS2/Ecomstation users appreciate the work
> being completed on their behalf.
> 
> Jerry
> 

Re: Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

[Jerry Kemp <su...@oryx.cc>]

I have no delusions that OS/2 is a major player, but it is still out
there as an active product and being developed for.  FWIW, OS/2 is now
ecomstation.

http://www.ecomstation.com/

A new, major release was just recently completed, and I have no doubt
that current OS2/Ecomstation users appreciate the work being completed
on their behalf.

Jerry

On 11/11/11 03:43 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote:
> --- On Fri, 11/11/11, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
> ...
>>> "iXXX OS/2 port - **** - by Yuri Dario"
>>
>> yes, looks like an endless commit. ;-)
>>
> 
> FWIW, in the process I found we were doing pretty stupid
> things like patching the redland license to choose LGPL
> over AL2.
> 
>>
>> Do you have any numbers or realistic guess for how many
>> downloads we could see for OS/2?
>>
> No.
> FWIW, this is a niche OS now, so numbers don't apply: the
> few users left *will* value it as a priceless treasure!
> 
> Now I would love to see a Haiku port :).
> 
> Pedro.

Re: Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

[Pedro Giffuni <pf...@apache.org>]

--- On Fri, 11/11/11, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
...
> > "iXXX OS/2 port - **** - by Yuri Dario"
> 
> yes, looks like an endless commit. ;-)
> 

FWIW, in the process I found we were doing pretty stupid
things like patching the redland license to choose LGPL
over AL2.

> 
> Do you have any numbers or realistic guess for how many
> downloads we could see for OS/2?
>
No.
FWIW, this is a niche OS now, so numbers don't apply: the
few users left *will* value it as a priceless treasure!

Now I would love to see a Haiku port :).

Pedro.

Re: Announce: OS/2 Port mostly in the tree!

["Marcus (OOo)" <ma...@wtnet.de>]

Am 11/11/2011 07:36 PM, schrieb Pedro Giffuni:
> People that like to check the commit logs may have noticed
> a stream of patches tagged:
>
> "iXXX OS/2 port - **** - by Yuri Dario"

yes, looks like an endless commit. ;-)

> Well, I am glad to announce the core of the OS/2 port is now
> committed in the tree. There are still some small patches that
> Yuri will by sending in soon, but in essence we have back the
> roots of an OS/2 port, that has been working on OOo
> 2.0/2.4/3.1 and 3.2.

Great, I keep my fingers crossed that a 3.4 build will work fine.

> Platform variety is important, and having support for many
> platforms is warmly welcome.

Same reason why I've added MacOS X PPC support for the dowload webpages 
with help from Maho.

Do you have any numbers or realistic guess for how many downloads we 
could see for OS/2?

> Special thanks for Yuri Dario for his sustained effort over the
> years and contributing this code to the Apache OOo Incubator!

Thanks for your work.

Marcus