On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 12:03 -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: > John W. Kennedy typed the following on 7/2/2006 11:22 AM: > > Pete Holsberg wrote: > >> G. Roderick Singleton typed the following on 7/2/2006 7:49 AM: > >>> On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 05:35 -0400, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > >>>> I looked at the install instructions and the OOo FAQ and see no > >>>> explicit description of when one should install the binary including > >>>> JRE and when one should install the binary without JRE. > >>>> > >>>> When should one choose the one over the other? In a nutshell, what's > >>>> the difference? (and can we get it put in the FAQ?) > >>>> > >>> See http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html . In > >>> particular http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/021.html > >> "For example, with 1.1 you will not be able to use the XSLT > >> functionality, JDBC, applets, form generators, and Java Application > >> Programming Interfaces (APIs) for 3rd party modules, if no Java is > >> installed." > >> > >> For example? Not exactly definitive! > >> > >> What is XSLT functionality? > >> JBDC? > >> Which applets? > >> > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/022.html > >> "You can download Java from http://www.java.com or http://java.sun.com."; > >> > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/023.html > >> "Which version of Java do I need?" > >> > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/024.html > >> Not at all applicable. > >> > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/installation/025.html > >> "Can I install Java after I install OpenOffice.org?" > >> > >> There has to be a simple answer to the question, "Do I need to download > >> JRE for OOo?" > > > > There is no real simple answer, because the situation isn't simple. > > > > The pragmatic simple answer is, "If you don't have, or know whether you > > have, a JRE, get the version that contains one." > > > > For some people, that will the /wrong/ answer, but it will be "mostly > > harmless". > > So why not it a no-brainer and offer only the "with JRE" version? > I know -- because of the people with dial-up. Maybe they should > have a footnote or something that directs them to a CD. > I have a better (?) suggestion: why not do what M$ does? Leave it out, but when the user tries to use a part of the app that needs it, start the process of downloading and installing the JRE. That will make OOo as small as possible for the initial download, with the possibility of adding the missing functionality easily later on.
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