On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 19:53 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:57:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Leo Byatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi Team what about starting using DVD's remember a lot of newer computers > > have DVD's. It is the older ones that do not for them spilt up the Os into > > windows and mac and the rest if newer should have DVD's. > > We looked at the question of a DVD about 3 releases ago. There was some > discussion on this list, I even created a DVD (which was designed in such a > way that it could easily be broken down into separate CDs if required). At > the time, the consensus was that we should stick with CD images. > > That said, if the CD distributors would prefer a DVD image, I'm more than > happy to build one. The only thing is the time it will take to upload it, > probably 24 hours or so. > > So there is another option - a single (large) DVD image, or several (probably > 4) separate CD images. > > Which is the preferred option? Over to you guys.
Hi Alex and list, Here is what I do, I download the OOo.exe file for Windows, the tar file for Linux and the PowerPC and Intel Mac versions. I have kept the extras (dictionaries theaurii, docs etc) the same for several releases now. Maybe we could cut back on the clipart by 100Mb or so. Maybe we could use a link to the dictionaries site and the clients could do that bit themselves. One could easily download a Dictionary on dial-up. Maybe each locale could install the Dictionaries that pertained to their local market, and if a request came in for one outside that set, then it could be emailed as an attachment. I am not that keen on downloading the huge isos of several CDs or a DVD for that matter. Perhaps we could pull down the installers once and then re-use them for each release. For those on the list who do not know how to build an iso, perhaps we could produce a HOWTO to assist them. But rather than wait for Alex to build the isos, we could do that for ourselves, and be kinder to our bandwidth into the bargain. Cheers Andrew Greig Melbourne, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
