On 25 November 2013 01:43, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:

> 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?
>

the test shows 200-250Mb instead of 150Mb.

rgds
jan I.

>
> 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.
> >
> >
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