I propose another way - smaller localization communities try to find server space for hosting their builds. Those builds wouldn't have to be hosted on all the mirrors, just on the continent ones of that country (I guess there are exemptions to that rule, like English, Spanish, French etc.). For Slovenian LO I guess that would be feasible.
And having a fully localized, single package for 4 or five OS's really is the only way currently to adopt LO into government sector and larger enterprises. Lp, m. 2010/12/8 Rimas Kudelis <r...@akl.lt>: > 2010.12.07 00:10, Michael Meeks rašė: >> >> One of the benefits of the combined installer is that we do not require >> many gigabytes of duplicated pointlessness on -every- mirror site: as we >> duplicate all of the code again and again and again for windows, 90%+ of >> which is identical, but each time with ~10Mb of translation / help :-) That >> is a nightare to build, copy, sign, up-load and manage. > > I think this works pretty well for OOo, no? > > Then also, since we're using msp's for localized content, this means you > only have to build once, no? In that case, only signing off and uploading > remains. It's probably not so comfortable, but certainly scriptable and > managable. > > And, being a mirror admin myself, I don't quite remember any of us admins > being complaining about the amount of gigabytes LibO would use. As a user of > "minority" language, I would certainly prefer a fully working localized > installer that installs fully working localized office package to the one > that pretends to cover everything, but indeed (apparently) covers only en-US > fully. > > However, it would surely be nice to also provide a relatively huge download > for those who want or need LibO installer featuring all languages (e.g. for > a CD). Perhaps it could contain not just interface translations, but also > help files, dictionaries and everything else? Maybe it would even make sense > to distribute it as a CD image? > > > There's also another option that I haven't seen mentioned (sorry if it's > actually been brought up already): an installer that downloads required > components at install time. This seems to work pretty well for Microsoft, so > I don't see why it wouldn't work for LibO. Maybe it could even come with > en-US locale built-in, to ensure that the user can have a working LibO > installation even without Internet. > > Rimas > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to l10n+h...@libreoffice.org > List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/l10n/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to l10n+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/l10n/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
