Re: [libreoffice-users] help package installation failure

Tanstaafl wrote (10-06-11 17:26)
> On 2011-06-10 11:17 AM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> > Tanstaafl wrote (10-06-11 16:54)
> >
> > > If you go back and read the archives, you will plainly see that the only
> > > reason given for the single download was because of limited disk space,
> >
> > Are you really sure? I though build time, so plain CPU power&  energy,
> > were an issue too. But I might be wrong (could ask devs of course..)
>
> I'm sure, because I participated in the discussion...

What I see now is :

Subject: Re: [Libreoffice] Comments on RC1
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:10:47 +0000
From: Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@novell.com>
[...]
        One of the benefits of the combined installer is that we do not require
many gigabytes of duplicated pointlessness on -every- mirror site: as we
duplicate all of the code again and again and again for windows, 90%+ of
which is identical, but each time with ~10Mb of translation / help :-)
That is a nightare to build, copy, sign, up-load and manage.
[...]

I see 3.4.0 for Windows is 188 MB now. Do you remember how much it was 
in December .. 440 MB.
  Wow, great work from all the devs, full time (paid) and part time 
volunteers, that helped with this!

But on the other hand, and I guess that's what the discussion started 
with, having to do a separate download for the help, if you want it 
local, is not so convenient.

Regards,



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