From: Jonathan Aquilina<eagles051387@gmail.com>
To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 12:19:31 PM
Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Co-working with Moz, etc
One problem would be Linux i think with this approach. Instead of making
a bundle for each specific distro i think we would have the package
management GUI pop up of that particular distro and will automatically
in the search put in Thunderbird for instance and will allow it to
appear in front and then just click and install that way.
Would love to hear some feed back from some of the big time devs on this
project about doing this.
On 1/5/11 6:13 PM, BRM wrote:
I was about to suggest something along a similar line, and that fits
perfectly
well within it...
Instead of bundling an email client with LibreOffice, I suggest as part of
the
installer the option be provided to download and install one.
For instance, the installer could list an Email line which users could
expand to
show Thunderbird, selecting Thunderbird would then download the _latest_
Thunderbird release, and start its installer.
That would, of course, require an Internet connection at the time the
installer
runs; but would save on the download space for everyone. It would also
enable
the installer to select the right locale installer for Thunderbird too (if
necessary). The same could be done for Firefox/Opera/etc.
Additionally, this approach would allow the installer to present several
choices
- e.g. Firefox vs. Opera; Thunderbird vs. Evolution.
Now, taking that line of thinking - a separate project[1] to enable users to
get
OO/LO/Calligra/Thunderbird/Evolution/Firefox/etc via a single installer
would
probably be a great thing; and further having _plug-ins_ that would enable
them
to inter-operate would also be a great thing if that was desired, and it
could
be provided as part of the installer package.
$0.02
Ben
[1] I wouldn't make such an installer part of LO officially. May be another
TDF
project, or another entity all-together (FreeDesktop.org might be the best
organization to handle it.)
----- Original Message ----
From: Jonathan Aquilina<eagles051387@gmail.com>
To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
Sent: Wed, January 5, 2011 11:43:52 AM
Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Co-working with Moz, etc
Funny you mention it i just replied with a similar response about
bundling said software as part of the downloadable installer.
On 1/5/11 5:39 PM, Todd rme wrote:
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:32 AM, drew<drew@baseanswers.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 17:11 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
If we are looking to promote this to corporations it will need to have
one, and we could give them the option to install one. A home user
might
opt out of installing it if they don't want an email client
Right - well, it depends to a degree on how you define "it" being part
of the suite - in the case of LibreOfficeBox, which is the distribution
DVD created by the OOoDev team, most of whom are also part of the
LibreOffice team the disc includes Thunderbird - so at one level it is
at least "bundled" together . (They also include SeaMonkey in that
package.)
Now there is no English version of that DVD, which I propose is where
members of the English speaking community could get involved - it