Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-11 Thread Alan Reeve
On 06/01/2011 16:53, Augustine Souza wrote: No doubt there are valid reasons for having an install with every available language pack included and a multitude of sound files and graphics in the gallery but I hope that someone considers the difficulty of others who have limited broadband quotas

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-07 Thread yahoo-pier_andreit
Il 06/01/2011 17:01, Christophe Strobbe ha scritto: At 21:03 30/11/2010, Charles Marcus wrote: (...) The current size problem as compared to OOo is because all of the language packs are included... and this situation is only temporary until storage is no longer an issue... After all the

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-06 Thread Christophe Strobbe
At 21:03 30/11/2010, Charles Marcus wrote: (...) The current size problem as compared to OOo is because all of the language packs are included... and this situation is only temporary until storage is no longer an issue... After all the negative comments on the download size in this old

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-06 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Christophe, *, On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Christophe Strobbe christophe.stro...@esat.kuleuven.be wrote: At 21:03 30/11/2010, Charles Marcus wrote: (...) The current size problem as compared to OOo is because all of the language packs are included... and this situation is only

RE: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-06 Thread Brenden Seibel
to have one Multilanguage package so I don't need to be downloading language packs. -Original Message- From: Christophe Strobbe [mailto:christophe.stro...@esat.kuleuven.be] Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:01 AM To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2011-01-06 Thread Augustine Souza
No doubt there are valid reasons for having an install with every available language pack included and a multitude of sound files and graphics in the gallery but I hope that someone considers the difficulty of others who have limited broadband quotas or poor connectivity. If LibreOffice is to

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-01 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-11-30 5:29 PM, BRM wrote: LibO - like OOo - does not really have separate components. Even if you could download just one component, the resulting size would only be a few MBs smaller than it is now. While that may currently be the case - that is absolutely ridiculous. TDF/LO

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-01 Thread BRM
- Original Message From: Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com On 2010-11-30 5:29 PM, BRM wrote: LibO - like OOo - does not really have separate components. Even if you could download just one component, the resulting size would only be a few MBs smaller than it is now.

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-01 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-12-01 12:16 PM, BRM wrote: Please stop discouraging this kind of work. I'm not, I'm trying to help you understand how difficult such an undertaking is. The way it was described to me, it would take many many experienced developers many many months (if not years) to do the rewrite (we're

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-11-30 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-11-30 2:16 PM, Kevin Vermeer wrote: Perhaps the installer could be replaced by a small configuration application, which would allow the user to select the components they wish to install, and would then download the selected components? This is fast becoming an FAQ... LibO - like OOo

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-11-30 Thread BRM
- Original Message From: Charles Marcus cmar...@media-brokers.com On 2010-11-30 2:16 PM, Kevin Vermeer wrote: Perhaps the installer could be replaced by a small configuration application, which would allow the user to select the components they wish to install, and would then

Re: [tdf-discuss] A better idea for a download package.

2010-11-25 Thread Robert Derman
With all the discussion of the size of the download package and the difficulty of including things like manuals I suddenly realized that perhaps we are going about this thing entirely wrong! Perhaps what we should do is offer a CHOICE of several download packages, not just one take it or