Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [Libreoffice] Comments on RC1

Hi Martin,

2010.12.09 00:24, Martin Srebotnjak rašė:
> 2010/12/8 Rimas Kudelis<rq@akl.lt>:
> > Well, that would be annoying to download, for sure. But it's easy to solve
> > by simply compressing all the files in a self-extracting archive (the way
> > it's currently done).
> >
> > Then again, with online installation, you wouldn't have to download anything
> > but setup.exe, which would download all needed components itself.
> How would that look in a government or corporate environment? How
> would installing Lithuanian or Slovenian LO with included help look
> like on 1000 computers (if the sets do not include help at all and
> need downloading those parts)? With no Internet access or limited
> access due to security precautions? Will it include options to
> download a full installation or all necessary parts and then make the
> installation offline? Shouldn't this be already discussed and set into
> stone by now?

It should be, but I don't know if it is. I'm not subscribed to the 
discuss list where I guess this discussion indeed belongs... :)

Regarding corporate installations: like I said, you would probably 
download a CD/DVD image and install directly from it, or perhaps use the 
active directory to deploy LibO (I'm not saying that it already works 
though, I don't know if it does). Downloading the installer to each and 
every computer from Internet isn't the best idea here anyway, regardless 
of whether or not the installer is one file or five files.

Again, I don't really have experience with corporate software 
installation, but I would guess that downloading the installer is not 
the biggest issue there. However, your suggestion to allow telling the 
installer to just download files for offline installation is a good one, 
and it should be considered by LibO people.

> Or does LO not want to take OOo in its most promising territory - the
> government/corporate environment and is solely meant for
> English-speaking non-Windows users, mostly nerds not using
> productivity suites more than 2 hours a week but enjoying telling
> stories how they liberated an office suite from the evil corporation?

I don't know, I'm just a community member like you. And I must confess, 
that I myself am a nerd using productivity suites less than 2 hours a 
week... :) Well, at least I'm a Windows (as well as OS X and Linux) 
user, what a relief! :D

> BTW, isn't Google one of the official supporters of LO? Can't they
> offer some hosting love to the LO full lang-packs?

Again, I don't know. That's definately a good idea. On the other hand, 
even without Google's hosting, gigabytes are cheap nowadays. I don't 
think it would be a big problem for LibO mirror to use more space. I 
vote for quality and positive user experience.

Rimas


--
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to l10n+help@libreoffice.org
List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/l10n/
*** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***