Re: [libreoffice-marketing] international DVD/stick [was: Re: Are there any BrOffice people on this list?]

Hi Marc, all,

Marc Paré schrieb:
> Le 2011-02-28 10:16, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
>
> > Perhaps this is the right moment to think about creating one official
> > DVD/USB stick for the LibreOffice project? :-) I'd be willing to help...
>
> We were really thinking more of on a regional basis.
> [...]
> Having regional versions would allow us to add more region-specific
> materials on the disc.
>
> If we were to produce one official disk, it would be harder to target
> specific materials to specific regional-language groups. I don't believe
> that the DVD space would allow this. As it stands now, the Americas DVD
> is already getting pretty full and Tim (the main contributor) is already
> warning us that the disk space if of concern.

In my personal opinion most of the content of a DVD is far more likely 
to be language dependent than regional.

For regions with more than one main language it might be reasonable to 
provide combined versions of two (or three) languages, but most of the 
people in the world use one main language.

Even multi-language DVD share a large portion of content that doesn't 
need to be translated. So it's just a partial work to be done on top of 
the similar work for single language DVDs.

Combining the right files and creating ISO files from the right content 
is probably a task that takes some time to be done without much manual 
interaction. Files have to be flagged for language (or multi-language), 
searched and included in the ISO, the UI needs automatic marking / 
hiding of links to files not translated in the target language.

There might be a part of the DVD kept free for local additions, but I 
agree with Charles, that one officially supported version of a DVD and 
USB-stick has a larger impact on international marketing than single 
regional activities, allowing special groups to create their own DVD, 
while users in any other parts of the world don't have access to such 
resources.
> So, IMO, regional DVD/USB sticks for the LibreOffice project would be
> more practical for the North/Central/South American regions.

I think that a common effort by the international marketing leading to 
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German versions of the DVD 
could be more practical for the entire community...

Combining the language dependent content to English/French or 
English/French/Spanish versions might be appropriate for certain 
markets, but as you already stated, free space on DVD is restricted.
> And yes, any help with the DVD/USB projects would be most welcome.

+1

If I understood Drew right, the North American DVD is based on the 
German LibreOfficeBox, so the effort has already been shared.

Perhaps there is a possibility to improve this interaction even more...

Best regards

Bernhard

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