On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > Andrew Rist wrote: >> >> On 11/22/2013 1:52 AM, jan i wrote: >>> >>> 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. > > > Actually, it was Infra who pushed for having the Apache mirrors as a > secondary mirror network, after we followed their advice not to offer > binaries from the Apache mirrors as a primary channel due to size/bandwidth > constraints. I like the idea to have a secondary mirror network at Apache, > while I find it too much if this delays our releases or requires us to > change our processes. > > >> what if we have single install with all langs at apache.org? that way >> it is there, but considerably smaller from a real estate perspective but >> allows us to preserve binaries. >> For user downloads @ sourceforge, we continue to have the 1 per lang >> downloads that focus on the user. > > > This sounds odd at first, but it could actually be a good solution. The > multi-language build can be added to the SourceForge ones with minimal > overhead, and it can be uploaded to the Apache mirrors very quickly. We > would still have the possibility (this is an important one) to measure > interest for the individual language builds by analyzing the SourceForge > download data, while we would have the multi-language build available on > both SF and Apache for archival and for those users who find this easier > than download language packs. >
Any estimate for how large this would be? I assume it would include all the dictionaries as well, yes? Another option could be to look at actual download numbers and package the most popular languages together, so maybe the top 15 languages or something like that. -Rob > Regards, > Andrea. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
