Re: [SLUG] upping to debian woody

[Ken Foskey <foskey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Kowalik wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:34:12PM +1000, Ken Foskey uttered:
>
> > This should be part of the search process, even if it actually requires 
> > the web or it should hint in the man page to look on the deb site. 
> > This is a usability thing,  search means search not guess a name. 
> > Perhaps a failed search should dump a web link.
> Want a wrapper to do it for you? :-))
>
>
> > This thing is quicker though.....  There are a few problems with 
> > differences between RH and debian for open office though.  Working 
> > through them,  will post on OpenOffice list when finished.
> OpenOffice is in the process of being packaged Debian. It looks _really_
> scary, but I don't know how they are going, as they just did a call for
> helpers on debian-devel, and got their own list set up.


I am getting a problem with sablot right now.   I do not sonsider myself 
a novice but I have never had a successful compile and run of Open 
Office.  It is an ugly moving beast which takes two days to compile 
completely on a P350,  when it compiles.

I 'hope' I am acting like a quality control right now forcing complete 
compiles and finding the problems.  I am a bit sus that OO does not 
really do this internally.  I just found some basic faults in the 
configure script this weekend.


Slightly different tack.  If I want to set up some old junkers as quick 
boot web browsers I notice that GDM will automatically sign in saving 
that login prompt.   Anyone used this,  any up sides or down sides. 
Might be good for my kids computers.

KenF