On 22 November 2013 10:34, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/22/13 9:52 AM, jan i wrote: > > Hi. > > > > We have been discussion to reduce our footprint on the mirrors, see: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-6654 > > > > It would be wise of us to have this solved before we release 4.1, in > order > > not to have a potential delay. > > anybody is free to work on this, as always at Apache the work have to be > done > > > > > The base discussion (please correct me if I am wrong) is which of 2 > options > > we want. > > > > 1) as today, 1 full image for every language (approx. 150Mb each). This > > takes a lot of space on the mirrors, and lead to a little week for delay. > > 2) 1 full image containing all languages (--with-language). This takes > the > > approx 200-250Mb). Advantage is fast copy to mirrors, users can online > > switch language. Disavantage. Users need to download a bit more. > > > > I have no strong opinions, except I dont like that we take up soo much > > space on the mirrors. > > > > we talk here mainly about some disk space on Apache mirrors. I can't > remember who wanted the binaries on the Apache mirrors I personally can > live with the binaries on the SF mirrors. > > For me most important is that we reduce the downloads for our millions > of users. I am open for a working solution that make the download and > installation for our users in the same way easy as what we have today. > Disk space is for me not really a good argument. > > If we would have a multi-language install set only we would need a > proper setup that select the correct language, so that users don't have > to deal with an English version by default. The got potentially lost! > > Synchronizing the bits once on the mirrors seems to be peanuts compared > to the millions of downloads. > > And to be honest I don't see that anybody will work on this in the near > future, that is at least my impression. > > I don't like that we try to move an internal, technical problem to our > million of users. > Actually, I am one of millions who live abroad and use AOO with multiple languages, so at the moment, I compile my own version --with-lang="da es en-US" so it can be used. But in general I agree with your point. Not having the binaries on apache.org is for sure the simplest solution, and if we can decide that, then I am sure infra wont have a problem. rgds jan I. > > > Juergen > > > > > > > > > rgds > > jan I. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
