On Monday 03 July 2006 23:06, G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 10:49 +1000, Alex Fisher wrote:
> > On Monday 03 July 2006 7:24, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> > > Alex Fisher wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Alex, who is your target audience?
> >
> > Any potential user, regardless of what OS they use... Windows users (the
> > majority), Linux users (probably the second largest group), Mac users
> > (the third-largest group). Then there will be those who use Solaris. The
> > majority will be running Solaris on a SPARC box, but there will be some
> > who run it on an Intel box.
> >
> > > I assume that it is that group of
> > > individuals who don't have access to a broadband connection,
> >
> > This would probably be the main target. However, there are others who
> > might just have that broadband, but who don't want to download the
> > installer (possibly because of download quotas, or perhaps can't figure
> > out the download site). The idea was to produce a CD (actually two CDs
> > now) which could be used by anyone regardless of what OS they use (the CD
> > is actually modelled on the old Star Office 5.2 CD that Sun used to give
> > away).
> >
> > > and if this
> > > is so, are they likely to have multiple operating system requirements?
> >
> > Some might (I did in my pre-broadband days).
> >
> > > I'm still trying to understand why you are trying to fit this
> > > particular quart into a pint pot:-)
> >
> > Well, provided I drop one of the platforms, it will all fit. Another
> > alternative is to put the Mac installers on the second CD, but I'm a
> > little reluctant to do that. Installers should be on an "Install Disk),
> > IMO.
>
> Have you removed the Mac/PPC/1.1.5 release? 

Quite some time ago actually.

Currently, I have Windows, Linux, Mac (both Intel and PPC), and Solaris SPARC. 
This results in an image of 675.9 MB.

> That might be a good choice 
> to drop. As you know I am attempting to organize a DVD image so this
> would not be a factor except for the CD.

A DVD will eventually have to be made. I might go as far as doing it this 
release. Probably have two top level directories (Install and Extras), the 
sub-directories would essentially be the current Install and Extras disks.

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