OpenOffice.org will migrate to GNU make

[Björn Michaelsen]

Hi list,

this is a short info that OpenOffice.org is migrating to GNU make.
Specifically it is intended to build all of OpenOffice.org in one
single make process (no recursion), keeping all dependencies in one
instance of GNU make. This might sound insane, but really has
interesting benefits (see the video below for details).

More info can be found at:

- http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/gbuild_to_boldy_go_where
- http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/building_openoffice_org_with_gnu
- http://www.ooocon.org/index.php/ooocon/2010/paper/view/212/188
  (pdf inside -- slides of talk at OOoCon 2010)
- 
http://users2.ooodev.org/%7Eooocon2010/01_september/FT_309/14.00_bj%f6rn_m_rebooting_the_openoffice.org_build_system.flv
  (video inside of talk at OOoCon2010)

If GNU make developers are interested in the scalability of GNU make
with a huge real life project, feel free to take a look.

Comments welcome!

Best Regards,

Bjoern Michaelsen