Hi Todd, Sigrid, and others, 2010/10/26 Sigrid Carrera <[email protected]>
> Hi Todd, > > > 2010/10/26 todd rme <[email protected]>: > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Le 2010-10-26 08:52, Gordon Burgess-Parker a écrit : > >>> > >>> They do load separately. What makes you think they don't? > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: 26 October 2010 09:44 > >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] > >>> Subject: [tdf-discuss] Suggestion: Separating Writer, Calc, Base, Draw > etc > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > > [...] > > > As I mentioned in another thread, I think a better solution would be > > an online installer (possibly the same software as an automatic > > updater). You just download a small program, tell it what parts of > > libo you want, it pulls those parts and the necessary dependencies > > from a server (it could check several mirrors) and installs those > > pieces. It could even walk them through the process, asking them > > what exactly they want to be able to do and then grabbing the programs > > necessary to do that. > > > > That way users wouldn't need to worry about which bits they need to > > download to get it working it, that is all handled automatically by > > the installer. It also means that users don't need to worry about > > future changes in how the parts are broken up, this is all hidden from > > the user. > > > > It also means that when a user wants to install, say, writer and calc > > only, they don't need to download writer+libraries and calc+libraries > > (downloading the libraries twice), they can just download > > writer+calc+libraries. This makes a huge difference since the > > libraries are by far the largest part of the suite (larger than the > > rest of the suite combined). > > In principle, I like your idea. However, I see one drawback: > You have to rely on the internet connection that it is fast and > reliable. While this is true for most European and US/Canada, it is > not universal. And judging from my very own experience (I am in > Sweden!), I don't have a very reliable internet connection. > > Sigrid > If there is was an online installer, LibO would also need to provide the current offline installer (in a prominent place) -- for those who don't have an internet connection and might get the installer from a friend or download it from a public computer. Other than that, I don't see why there shouldn't be an online installer. > > -- > E-mail to > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]>for > instructions on how to unsubscribe > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- -------------------------------------------- Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? A: http://five.sentenc.es -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
