Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [Libreoffice] Mac builds / lang-packs ...

2011.02.08 17:46, Christian Lohmaier rašė:
> Hi *,
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Nguyen Vu Hung<vuhung16plus@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Michael Meeks<michael.meeks@novell.com>  wrote:
> > >         Would it not be better in 3.4 (when we have solved the size issues) to
> > > have a single download (like Windows) that includes all the languages,
> > +1
> > It is fine, OOo did it that way.
> No, not at all, OOo did *not* include all languages into a single installer.
>
> The counter-question to that user at fosdem would have been "Would you
> be OK with downloading more than twice of the current size in order to
> only having to install one package?"
>
> And to changing the installer type:
> This would have major drawbacks as well.
>
> * You have to build the installer as root/admin user

Where did you get that from? I haven't tried to build a mac package, but 
I see no reason why doing that would require root rights.

> * Installing multiple versions is more difficult, as is choosing a
> destination for the installation

Well, you can at least choose the disk partition... I agree that it's 
not really flexible though.

> * You cannot install as regular user (you always have to identify as
> administrator)
> (authentication is done before being able to select a target-directory)

At least the latter is not true at all, or, as you prefer to say, 
bullshit. You should check your facts before posting. :P

> Drag-and-Drop installers are the preferred installation method.

Correct. But it's not the only available method.

> But those technical issues aside, I'm against bundling all languages,
> for the size reasons. I don't like it on windows, and I also do so on
> other platforms...

Well, it's size vs. convenience. We have to balance somehow.

Rimas

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