janI wrote:
Would it be possible (and preferable) to make a download page, where the
user.
a) selected version (exe)
b) selected (multiple) languages (language pack without dictionary)
c) selected (mutiple) dictionaries.
The choices should be combined into a filename == exe+lang(s)+dict(s).
Which is sent to the server as a download request.
On the server we would have a backend script that packed the items together
just like postprocess/instsetoo does today, so the user would get 1 file.
Obviously this is not for 4.0.1. What I like of this proposal is that
the user still downloads one file, which is optimal for the user interface.
A beginning could be to simply assemble the same downloads we have now
(i.e., the user has no choice: he will get, say, the Italian version
with Italian language and dictionary; only, this will be generated
rather than pre-built).
Then there are a lot of things to consider:
1) Digital signatures: the assembled installer must respect them, and
this seems hard to do.
2) Server-side processing: this would likely require some load on the
mirrors and some infrastructure standardization. I don't know what's the
status on Apache mirrors.
3) Respecting the priorities. Apache is a secondary mirror system, since
the Apache mirrors don't have enough space/bandwidth to reliably offer
downloads. So whatever is done should not cause technical issues with
our primary mirror system (SourceForge), that never had space/bandwidth
problems. Note that also the Apache Archives never reported problems so
far about the space needed to archive old/current releases.
Regards,
Andrea.
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