Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Has anyone used RapidShare for sharing ISO files?

On 07/12/2011 09:04 AM, Paulo de Souza Lima wrote:
> 2011/7/12 Simos Xenitellis<simos.lists@googlemail.com>
>
> > On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:40 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press
> > Productions<webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
> > > Has anyone used RapidShare for sharing ISO files?
> > >
> > > I was thinking that seems the only place that may allow these large files
> > to
> > > have a home for sharing.
> > >
> > > I want to have a place that could be a home for the LibreOffice DVD ISO
> > > files so they can be shared with others who can download and burn DVDs.
> > If you can get the files on the LibreOffice distribution servers, then
> > they are automatically replicated
> > around the world to the different LibreOffice mirrors.
> > I think this would be the straightforward solution.
> >
> > One thing you can do is provide a list of the files in the ISO, along
> > with filesize.
> > I am interested to see what exactly is inside the ISOs.
> > If you already created a Wiki page for this, please direct me to it.
> >
> > > My hosting company will not allow files larger than 700+ MB and the two
> > DVD
> > > versions [3.3.3 and 3.4.1] of LibreOffice are over 3.4 GB in size.  The
> > > account has not issues of having 100 GB of executable files online but if
> > I
> > > have any ISO files, then they say that I am a repository and it is not
> > > allowed.
> > >
> > > My email account[s] is limited to under 500 MB file size even though I
> > have
> > > one that has a 1 GB inbox/outbox size.  So I have problems with getting
> > > these files to anyone.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions on low-cost or free places to share
> > these
> > > LibreOffice ISO files?
> > Several web hosting providers offer 'unlimited bandwidth'. You can get
> > people to offer
> > part of this unlimited bandwidth (my webhosting offers me 'unlimited',
> > which I would love
> > to put it to use).
> >
> > I am new to this DVD ISO discussion and I do not know the details
> > (what is included in the ISO,
> > individual file sizes, etc), so please give as much details as possible.
> > If we can position this ISO as the official distribution files for offline
> > use,
> > then it's easy to get the on the libreoffice download servers, and
> > then they are mirrored for free around the world.
> >
> > Simos
> Hi folks
>
> That's the problem I faced some weeks ago. I solved "my part" of it
> contracting a private server with unlimited storage and bandwidth, where I
> uploads ISO DVDs for brazilian community. And they will remain up there
> until those issues become solved at LibreOffice servers.
>
> I can give you a SFTP account, if you want.
>
> Cheers.
We can talk about that.  FTP is the only way I have experience with to 
upload a DVD size file to a server.

Drew wants Marc and a few others involved with this decision.

Hopefully a decision will be made soon on what version of the NA-DVD 
will be the first ISO to go online.




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