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Re: Abiword on N800
That blog post means that someone made and submitted a source code patch for 2008 support. It is being reviewed and polished so as to not eliminate 2006/2007 support. My schedule for getting a Maemo build out is the same as it has been for a while - just search for my posts.
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Since it is November, does this mean that his timing has changed or something? Not that we don't appreciate your efforts, Ryan, but if you're too bogged down with stuff, should some other developers pick this up and run with it? This is such an important program for the Maemo platform, I'd hate to think that other developers are not jumping in because Ryan said he's going to handle it, but then his schedule keeps him from getting it done. Is it hand-off time or are we close to a release? Either way, thanks for the effort you've put into this development so far! |
Re: Abiword on N800
I think the patch from another developer shows that folks aren't feeling restricted in their contributions. I am very connected with AbiWord development upstream, which is where any productive Maemo work would be done. With regard to timing, yes, it has been changed: I anticipate that a "final quality" release will come with 2.6, since the 2.4 series is quickly obsolete and not really worth putting the time in, since the upcoming 2.6 series has some major, major improvements with regard to embedded platforms.
With regard to getting settled in at Uni, let's just say that I have way too many responsibilities to actually get "settled" this year. :) I have remained somewhat active in AbiWord, maintaining the Win32 builds and AbiCollab there, but have not had the contiguous time and hard drive space to really devote time to the Maemo port. (Please see some of my other more recent posts for more details) |
Re: Abiword on N800
Just got my N800 last week. I've upgraded it to OS2008 and now I'm looking for an app that will allow me to read and modify .doc e-mail attachments. Have read this thread, the thread on Microsoft Word doc viewer, and info on Abiword website. Is 2.4.6 the correct version for OS2008? Is it best to download from their site or from a repository? If so, which one?
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AbiWord does not currently have a 2008 compatible build. Working on it :) (The current build is for OS2006...)
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With regard to your other posts, I don't mean to spark cynicism, but for a year now I have read and subsequently hoped from your posts that ABIWord would be ported for the N8xx. I wish I was the one who could gather and run with a compilation of 2.4, no matter how primitave it might be...... lord knows, it would run better than the 2.2.7 I have been stuck with for a year and a half now! apologetic rant/ dcarter |
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I respect that Ryan has time constraints, and I am excited that an 'official' Abiword dev is building for Maemo. I am also really excited about AbiCollab. But I think that we may have dropped the ball by expecting him to do it all. Several people, in the past, began to work on Abiword then slacked the job over to Ryan.
Ryan provided build instructions on his web-site and at least one person has successfully built it but for unknown reasons chose not to share. I will try to build it Sunday (when I return home to my Linux box). I don't have a huge amount of time either, but I will post what results I get and I hope that (if it doesn't build easily) others will offer some ten-minute chunks of time toward resolving whatever problems I may have. (I proposed this in another thread, but got little response.) |
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Tried myself, too, with Ryan's instructions, but got stuck in building can't remind which dependency. I was using mud-builder, probably it's not the right instrument for that, right?
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There is now an abiword project in garage.maemo.org, and Ryan is in: https://garage.maemo.org/projects/abiword/
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