Re: [libreoffice-website] Upcoming change to macOS downloads in 24.8

Thanks for catching my error. Looks like a missed the largest chunk of added files in my local 
builds.

Your numbers definitely change things. It sounds like the size of the installation will double (803 
MB for LibreOffice 24.2.1 ARM installer to somewhere around 1500 MB). Does that sound like a 
realistic assumption?

I definitely can write a shell script to remove localized files, but I could also try changing the 
installer build scripts (for macOS only) that only moves the UI translation files into the main 
installer and leaves the writing aids in the language packs.

Thoughts? It might only cause the type of bug reports and posts to change from “reduce the 
installer size” to “spellchecking and/or writing aid is missing”. I can handle both types but maybe 
the second type is easier as I can just post a link to their language’s Language Pack.

Patrick

> On Mar 2, 2024, at 9:03 AM, Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Patrick, *,
>
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 2:48 AM Patrick Luby <guibomacdev@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Current installer - Built master with the following commented-out autogen.input lines:
> >   #--without-helppack-integration
> >   #--with-lang=ALL
> > Proposed installer - Built master with the proposed change’s patch and with the following 
> > autogen.input lines:
> >   --without-helppack-integration
> >   --with-lang=ALL
>
> you're omitting dictionaries/writing aids here, and those are the biggest chunk
>
> > This resulted in the following installation sizes:
> >   1809 MB  Current installer
> >   2030 MB  Proposed installer
> >
> > That’s an increase in disk usage of approximately 221 MB.
>
> Size of all dictionaries/writing aids is 422MB already, and all .mo
> files are 243MB, so your numbers aren't really plausible..
>
> And to stress it: not saying that is a bad change.
>
> ciao
> Christian


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