On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 16:23 +0100, Simon Phipps wrote: > Thanks for this, Drew. > > On 29 Jun 2012, at 16:09, drew jensen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As folks likely know OSCON is coming up the middle of next month. > > > > Both Simon and Jean will be attending. > > > > The suggestion has been made to supply a disc image (or possibly on a 2 > > GB USB drive) for distribution at the conference. > > > > Ok - the first thing that came to mind was TIME - not a lot. > > > > First thought was to look to the libreoffice-na disk and see if that > > might fit the bill. (Tim has been doing just a great job with that!) > > > > Looking at the possible use of a 2GB USB of course poses a bit of a > > problem - I went ahead and pulled all of the files off the > > libreoffice-na.us server for the Libo 3.5.4 distribution ONLY and > > generated a svelt 5 GB image...not so good for our purpose here. > > > > I would like to propose we create a one-off use disk/USB image for the > > OSCON conference. > > > > To get to that I did the following so far: > > > > 1) Given that LibreOffice IMO really needs to focus on brand building, > > particularly in the MS Windows space I would first drop all the > > platforms other then Windows. > > OSCON has a lot of Mac users, so if it's at all possible to shoehorn on the > Mac DMG that would be good.
Yeah - I thought about that - it would require bumping something else out of the image, but that is OK with me. > > > > > 2) The current libreoffice-na disk includes additional OSS applications, > > again I propose to drop everything not for Windows. > > What sort of thing are they? Even Windows add-ons probably aren't essential, > and if it makes room for the Mac version all the better. you can see the original set at http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.5-installs/extras.html I already ditched anything that was not the latest release for windows from that list. The larger prize, space wise, is in dictionaries and templates, I would need to drop something from those to fit the MAC distribution files in I think, even if I dumped all the extras. > > > > > 3) Documentation - again I would pare what is on the disk down. If there > > is a 3.5 guide ready, then drop the older 3.3/3.x docs. DO NOT include > > the odt files, only the pdf files. > > > > Did all that and updated the associated HTML files last night - this > > gives me an ISO file of 2.4 GB. > > > > This morning - > > > > 4) The disk image included more then one portable LibreOffice images > > included - I dropped all but the one of them (keeping the multi-language > > file) > > > > 5) Ran through the other extra items, and again dropped all the files > > other then the latest windows release. > > > > - and the current iso image stands at 1.9 GB.(though I think this will > > still be to big for the 2GB USB when unpacked...so still needs a little > > more weight loss.) > > > > I've also updated the DVD case artwork, the insert and the brochure for > > version 3.5.4. > > > > The iso is currently uploading to the lo-portal.us server so folks can > > take a look (not the final work) - it should be done in about 3 hours > > and I will follow up with a URL as soon as it is. > > > > What I would propose is to go ahead and update this cover and the disk > > label to show that it was distributed at OSCON 2012. I snagged some > > artwork for doing this, not sure what steps (or rather who to ask) for > > permission to do so from a trademark perspective - I'm hoping maybe > > Simon could weigh in on that - if it seems like a good thing to do, and > > I really think it is, the I could work on the artwork today. > > Happy to help. Since we're representing TDF, I don't think there will be any > trademark problems even if you use the marks with the TDF underline, but I'll > wait for the gurus to chip in on that too. I meant if I include some OSCON marks, that is the trademark I'm concerned with, not TDF. > > > > > So - this is a quick job of course and it will go better with help from > > folks for sure - any thoughts or comments now would be appreciated - > > otherwise, let's get this done, shall we. > > Great stuff. I gather Friends of OpenDocument are willing to contribute to > the costs of production and delivery, and a friend of TDF in Portland has > agreed to take delivery of shipments. He can also help find a local > production facility if you've not already got a preference. > > S. > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
