On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tim, Drew, Daniel > > I just thought that I would start a new thread to continue our discussions > as it was getting a little too dispersed along different threads. > > Tim and Drew -- There is a section on the disk for additions open source > files (Extras section)[1] and we spoke about having Tim's page of FOSS links > on that section. You may be interested in this link about FOSS directories > and FOSS disks with software in ISO formats[2] > > If Daniel joins the team, we will have all EN, ES (Daniel), FR > (Marc/Sophie, I believe) taking care of language and > translation/localisation. I would suggest we apply translation only from the > EN language to keep things as simple as possible rather than localise ES, FR > -- extensions/template will of course differ. > > Extensions/templates -- if the ES, FR team members come up with > recommendations, these should be included, and, if this has an impact on the > disk space, the "Extras" section will see the removal of some of the extra > software to make space for them. > > Windows installations account for 90% of our user base. We need to make > sure that the window installer works as flawlessly as possible. > > Long-term maintenance of the DVD and updates: As Drew pointed out we will > have a need for some kind of team structure for the update and maintenance > of the DVD. We should endeavour to find members committed to act as > maintainers of the DVD as LibreOffice goes through version upgrades as well > as find ways to facilitate the easy updating of files and translations on > the disk. -- We will need a few members to round out the DVD team. We should > have at least 2 active member for each language and of course members who > have enough developer knowledge for the coding aspect of the DVD project. > > ISO availability. We should approach the TDF to see if the DVD could be > hosted on its servers just as the German LibreOffice-Box DVD ISO. Otherwise, > find other hosting service for the DVD. > Hi Marc: As I mentioned with Tim: Rackspace will be at SCALE. I can approach them about donating making a CloudFiles donation. I'm sure there will be other hosting services. SCALE runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Friday is a setup day for exhibitors. So, if you can get an answer from TDF re: hosting, I won't pursue this option during the expo. Cheers, jec -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
