Re: [libreoffice-l10n] The download process ... again

Hi,

2012/5/10 Michael Bauer <fios@akerbeltz.org>:
> Here I am, just having succumbed to the button flashing at me, telling me
> there's an update. Followed by a sigh because there's still no upgrade
> process. Nope, here I am downloading 202MB all over. Going through the whole
> rigmarole of installing again, making sure I choose Custom, not Standard and
> cursing for the nth time that it doesn't pick up on my personal data, no, it
> insists I'm called "Microsoft" ...

When you do the upgrade, installer migrates the feature state of
previous install, so IMHO you don't have to choose Custom.

For the user data, there is a bug:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46559

> I realise it's only partly an l10n issue but last time I brought this up on
> the development list, if I remember rightly, I didn't exactly get a sensible
> answer. So, as a key part of this issue DOES impact on l10n (remember the
> number of *localizers* who comes to this list, baffled because they've
> installed their locale (or so they think) and all they get is English and
> because we're still saddled with this massive all-languages all-proofing
> tools file), I'll post the question here:
>
> Has any progress been made on making the install less insane? l10n aside, I
> noticed that AOO has started in earnest so making LO as slick as possible is
> in everyone's interest I'd say.

I'm working on the Windows installer. I don't understand your comment
about AOO, they are using the same old OOo installer, they did not
improve on anything. BTW they support ~16 languages, while LibreOffice
supports ~100. We use multi language installers to save disk space on
mirrors and on build servers, and also to save network bandwidth. It
still takes a day to distribute all files to mirrors. So please don't
ask for single language installers.

Best regards,
Andras

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