>I'd like to make a request and ask a favor. First some background. >Each OOo 1.9.xx download is ~75MB. This take about 4 hours to >download on 56K. && >Now, the favor part. Could someone who has both 1.9.77 and 1.9.79 >on Windows try one or more of the above methods and see how it'd work? >And if you don't mind, send me a copy too.
I don't feel like such a large download. I'm on 56k and I don't like to spend an evening downloading OOo, hence my suggestion. I've done tests with: >1) http://sourceforge.net/projects/jojodiff/ (dos APP with other OSs too) and I've found it excellent (on other programs). Here's how someone on broadband can do it: a. Extract JoJodiff b. get both OOo versions (and rename then ooo.[old/new].zip) c. place jdiff.exe, ooo.old.zip and ooo.new.zip in the same directory d. run "jdiff ooo.old.zip ooo.new.zip patch.ooo" e. Check patch size f. report back to this list. Could someone please try this? I don't have the resource to. --Robin On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 01:04:18 +0000, CPH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 18 February 2005 11:21, Robin Monks wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I'd like to make a request and ask a favor. First some background. > > Each OOo 1.9.xx download is ~75MB. This take about 4 hours to > > download on 56K. > > I'd like to make the suggestions that a *binary patch application* > > be used between version in one of the following ways: > > 1) On the Install zip (hence allowing a user to patch thier setup) > > 2) On the Application folders and only on the changed files. > > 3) On the *.cab files in the .zip and the setup.exe. > > > > Some of these open source programs could do the job: > > 1) http://sourceforge.net/projects/jojodiff/ (dos APP with other OSs too) > > 2) http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapatcher/ (cross-os Java Patcher) > > > > Now, the favor part. Could someone who has both 1.9.77 and 1.9.79 > > on Windows try one or more of the above methods and see how it'd work? > > And if you don't mind, send me a copy too. > > I feel this would realy speed up end-user updates and would > > encourace end-users to update thier applications more often. > > Also, since the patched version /is/ the new version Check Sums > > should return correctly. > > > > What do you guys think? > > As ever all this needs is someone to implement it. Since you seem to know > about these tools you seem to be a good candidate. Also note that > http://installaiton.openoffice.org -> "Mailing list" may be a better place to > work with the relevant developers. However do not forget to subscribe to the > mailing list. > > -- > CPH : openoffice.org contributor > > Maybe your question has been answered already? > http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
