From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EZXKj-0000Ir-Q5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:32:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA8HUxxV022694; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:30:59 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [216.148.227.117]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA8HUuM9029517 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:30:57 GMT Received: from crud.mn.org (c-24-245-76-195.hsd1.mn.comcast.net[24.245.76.195]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2005110817303701300o71f1e>; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 17:30:41 +0000 Received: (qmail 12559 invoked by uid 501); 8 Nov 2005 11:30:35 -0600 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:30:35 -0600 From: Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] openoffice 2 compiles? Message-ID: <20051108173035.GA12390@crud.crud.mn.org> References: <43704393.6050105@internode.on.net> <20051108135624.8040b79f.h.mth@web.de> <4370D2D2.8000507@getdesigned.at> <20051108182357.c2950616.h.mth@web.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051108182357.c2950616.h.mth@web.de> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 07c23170-555a-4e62-b2f3-9e8f7796f0e3 X-Archives-Hash: f534dd94014ccbaece3ce6b5c8846409 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hanno Meyer-Thurow skribis: > Sebastian Redl wrote: > > Well, I disagree that the code needs a full rewrite. Why? All it needs= =20 > > is correcting all places where it attempts to store pointers in 32-bit= =20 > > variables.... > > I am no programmer and what you say sure is correct but of what i listened > from some OOo devs is that some parts (big or small) need rewrite to > get stable on amd64. I speak programmer. This is jargon meaning the code is so complicated and/or so poorly understood that it might be easier, faster, more reliable, better in the long run, and more personally rewarding to rewrite. :) --=20 Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org http://www.chemoelectric.org Esperantistoj rajtas skribi al Barijo.SXVARCO@chemoelectric.org 'And now we're going to go try to comfort people in that part of the world.' -- Bush, referring to the southeastern U.S. --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDcOC7BNGXDWV0vIMRAiwFAJ9wAf1gj9dMO1yW6afYm1UMSNEOggCgni5Q kRKrm8Z9PqpTVGFB1NN1wDE= =FKWD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list