On Mon, 23 May 2005 15:46, Jeff wrote: > To whom it may concern: > I am currently willing and able to make several copies of your > software, and willing to do so! > I have used you software since just about the start and its been pretty > good. I have used many distros and currently use your beta 1.9x
:) It's not too shabby, is it? > I was wondering what i have to set up to release copies of your > software. Standard CD image is available via HTTP, FTP or BitTorrent. See <http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html>. > I was also wondering you have an effective auto loader that > could be added to the CD's. The current CD uses an installer built with NSIS which fires up directly on inserting the CD. Future (2.0) releases will use native MSI installers as I understand it, so all that would be needed is two lines in [autorun.inf], one specifying the installer and the other specifying an icon. That will of course be how the 2.0 ISO will be constructed. 1.1.5 I understand will probably (hopefully) use the NSIS installer, or at least a self-extracting archive which will be designed to unpack itself and then start the setup (not so good for a CD, unless it asks for a location to unpack to - it wouldn't run directly from the CD, so a batch file/shell script would be needed to do the copying). > if not, i was curious if there were a way to > add an auto loader and a user interface to the install so that the use > could chose what version to install, A simple HTML page would do the job, but at least in the past only IE could execute directly from within the browser window. Netscape/Mozilla couldn't, and you had to either navigate to the CD using Windows Explorer and double-click, use "Install Software" from Control panel or use the "Run..." menu item. Things may have change with Firefox (although IIRC it would require some re-configuration), and AFAIK it doesn't work in Opera. > so that you could include beta > versions that are mostly stable so that the user has the options. I have > many willing and curious people willing to test it out, and I was > wondering what you think Well, I haven't put the Beta on the CD since there isn't enough room without removing many of the extras. There is nothing to prevent you making a separate CD containing the Beta though. I'd recommend that you do the following: Unpack the zip file, and place the resulting files in the root directory of the CD Create an [autorun.inf] file containing the line "oo_setup.exe" (rename the setup program if necessary, or substitute its name above. That way, when the CD is inserted, the setup will fire up automatically. > Thanks for the help, and hope to help you guys get the word out! > > Thanks > Jeff Ocel, MN USA -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/
