This package contains Desktop integration work for OpenOffice.org, several back-ported features & speedups, and a much simplified build wrapper, making an OO.o build / install possible for the common man. It is a staging ground for up-streaming patches to stock OO.o.

Changes in this release:

The scariest change was the switch to using a more incremental make based build system on top of OO.o build. But also:

+ bug fixes
+ neon security fix (Rene, Dan)
+ word interop crasher fix backport (Ashwanth)
+ parallel build fixes (Dan, Arkadiusz)
+ word-count translations from Mdk (Martin)
+ S390 build fixes (Rene)
+ font fixes (Dan)
+ KDE font hight fix (Arkadiusz)
+ KDE NWF warning fix (Jan)
+ set HOME only if not set or empty (Arkadiusz)
+ scale-icons / ImageMagick fix (Rene)
+ relocate, apply - check for abs paths (Michael)
+ build work (Arkadiusz, Rene, Dan)
+ handle multiple distros splash artwork (Arkadiusz)
+ features
+ system XRender work (Rene)
+ string comparison speedup backport (Michael)
+ substantially 'make' driven build (Michael)
+ build lang file lists on package (Arkadiusz)
+ several hackers guide / web improvements (Michael, Utomo)
+ Alt-F11 opens VBA dialog (Michael)
+ pending
+ lotus 123 detection fixes (Michael, Ashwanth)