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.

This release - being the first of a relatively large back-port, plus 6 weeks of hacking, is likely to introduce some regressions. Naturally - we're very interested in knowing where they are. Please file bugs (with patches). Having said that, it includes a lot of un-missable desktop integration work.

Changes in this release:

+ bug fixes
+ interoperability
+ word import crash fix (Ashwanth)
+ MS symbol/bullet fixes (Michael)
+ improved help fallback (Petr)
+ fix 32bit alpha / screenshots on Win32 (Michael)
+ multilingual X extension fix (Dan)
+ progress bar speed-up (Michael)
+ cups printing fixes (Chris)
+ misc. build fixes (Petr, Dan, Martin, Ashwanth,
Raul, Arkadiusz)
+ gcc i18n issue (Ernst Persson)
+ Win/Unix patch fixup (David Fraser)
+ sparc sal library build (Jim Watson)
+ features
+ Look & feel / desktop bits
+ Native-widget m47 back-port (Michael)
+ native gtk+ / Qt / WinXP theme rendering
+ gtk+ file chooser support (Raul)
+ kde file selector support (Jan)
+ re-touched icons (Jimmac)
+ multiple icon set build / switching (Petr)
+ desktop-launch for URIs (Jan, Michael)
+ interoperability
+ basic Lotus 123 importing (Ashwanth, Sunil Gandhi)
+ csv import with embedded newlines (Nicel, Michael)
+ misc
+ calc 'merge & center' toolbar button (Michael)
+ no document-modified on print by default (Petr)
+ evolution
+ multiple A/B sources (Srini)
+ A/B selection default (Jayant)
+ e-iterator breakage compat (Michael)
+ packaging bits:
+ Win32 lang-pack packaging (Michael)
+ smaller build footprint (Dan)
+ architecture targetting fixes (Dan, Michael)
+ compat / gcc3 build bits (Dan)
+ more languages (Jakub Bogusz)
+ help installer (Petr)
+ IBM jdk build fixes (Petr)
+ understand newer curls (Rene)
+ pending
+ 1.1.3 support (Martin, Rene)
+ embedded wordperfect filter (libwpd team / Michael)
+ partially complete ODMA support (Scott Clayton)