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On 10/14/2010 12:00 PM, Tor Lillqvist wrote:
I see that it's an installer that includes all the languages but i
wonder if it is really necessary and if the languages are the only
cause.

Well, there certainly isn't hundreds (or even tens) of megabytes of
new code, as far as I know, so yes, it must be the languages.

Clearly it's not code. I thought about debugging symbols or something that went wrong during compilation or that got erroneously included in the final archive.

Of course, this
is supposed to be a meritocracy, I think, so if you have actual
experience in building and packaging OOo or LO installers, that gives
you more clout.

I'm not a developer, just a user and i'm trying to help filing bug report, testing your beta releases and discussing like now to make LibreOffice better.
I really appreciate this open approach.

Sorry, but I think that is against the Document Foundation's "Next
Decade Manifesto", which says: "WE REJECT: [...] the creeping
domination of computer desktops by a single language forcing people
to learn a foreign language before they can express themselves
electronically"

When i wrote the message i didn't read the manifesto. I understand your point.

OK, so if an *installer* could be multi-lingual even if it installs
just the English UI, what you say could be a viable approach.
Currently that is not possible, as far as I know, but it should be
possible to do it that way using some amount of work on the Perl code
that directs the installer generation. Something to discuss, sure.

In my opinion:

* 320 MB for an installer is too much. If you don't have a fast internet access or if you have a mobile provider that gives you time/data limit, probably you'd have to find another way to get LibreOffice.

* An unique installer that include all the languages is a really good idea if we are able to find a way to reduce its size to saner value. Up to then, i find more viable the approach of providing separate installer for each language. This is something to which OOo users are already comfortable with. And i think that also in this case the installer is already big enough! ;-)

* A multi-lingual installer, as you said, that include only a single language has some options: - the localized build is integrated, and so you are again in the OOo default, where you have to download an installer for the language you want. - the installer is only the installer and doesn't include the LO archive. In that case you have to find a way to obtain it: the installer can download it (i don't really like that options, since makes life more difficult for administrators), or the user have to manually download both the installer and the localized LO build (similar, but inversed go-oo approach).

For now i'd stay with the OOo default (and many other projects default) to have one installer for one language.
Just my opinion.

Ciao.

Cesare.

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