Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

On fim  2.des 2010 15:58, skrifaði Marc Paré:
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> Ah .. I am just looking at the language packs for linux distributions.
> Could anyone on the list explain how users install language packs on LO
> (I'm using the .rpm version as reference point here). It looks like they
> come in a ".tar.gz" file and when uncompressed a folder is created with
> a lot of .rpm files. There doesn't seem to be an installer that comes
> along with them and the user is left to use console to install. It this
> right?
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> So, if this is the case, we would then have to a common installer where
> the user would identify the language pack(s) needed. It doesn't look
> like the language pack installers would be a good place as the language
> installation methods are different from one OS to the other.
>
> Does this make sense?

Well, that depends on what you define as an 'user'.

'Normal Linux users' (as of today = *buntu/Mint etc) use 
their respective package managers to set up software.

Developers should be capable to pull their nightly dose 
directly from git, the users in question (which are likely 
to install LibreOffice from those packages) are either 
adventurous or participating as translators/QA or such.

Even for translation/QA/testing users, offering repositories 
could be an easier way to go and probably less 
resource-hogging. Of course it would be easiest if there was 
one metapackage/script for installing the repo and the 
chosen language packs.
OpenSuse has an 'One Click Install' system on their web, 
which is just a simple script witch initiates the PM with 
information about the repository in question.

Centralised PM's have become the 'Linux-way', picking up 
packages in various places on the web is so 'passé'...  ;-)

Just thoughts,

Sveinn í Felli


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