Re: [Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-18 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Cesare, On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:16 +0200, Cesare Leonardi wrote: > In my opinion: > > * 320 MB for an installer is too much. If you don't have a fast internet > access or if you have a mobile provider that gives you time/data limit, > probably you'd have to find another way to get LibreOffi

Re: [Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-18 Thread Tor Lillqvist
> * 320 MB for an installer is too much. If you don't have a fast internet > access or if you have a mobile provider that gives you time/data limit, > probably you'd have to find another way to get LibreOffice. I can see that the size is an issue, but not because of download time. 320 MB is app

Re: [Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-17 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 10/14/2010 12:00 PM, Tor Lillqvist wrote: I see that it's an installer that includes all the languages but i wonder if it is really necessary and if the languages are the only cause. Well, there certainly isn't hundreds (or even tens) of megabytes of new code, as far as I know, so yes, it mu

Re: [Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-14 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, Tor Lillqvist wrote: > > To me were more smart the go-oo approach: an english installer + the > > interested language pack. > > Sorry, but I think that is against the Document Foundation's "Next Decade > Manifesto", which says: "WE REJECT: [...] the creeping domination of co

Re: [Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-14 Thread Tor Lillqvist
> I see that it's an installer that includes all the languages but i > wonder if it is really necessary and if the languages are the only cause. Well, there certainly isn't hundreds (or even tens) of megabytes of new code, as far as I know, so yes, it must be the languages. > Even if the instal

[Libreoffice] The Windows installer

2010-10-13 Thread Cesare Leonardi
Hello guys, just some comments and question about the Windows installer from a user and a Win2000 tester. Today i wanted to download LO-3.3.0-beta2 for Windows and i left speechless in front of the download size: 318 MB! More than 2 times than beta1. I see that it's an installer that includes