Re: [tdf-mirrors] Providing localized LibreOffice

That's a great idea to provide regional rsync modules!

I would prefer that over having to sync all languages. The space would
be available for all, but I prefer to allocate it efficiently.

Thomas

On 01.10.10 01:05, Peter Pöml wrote:
> Actually, there is interesting room for improvement here (over the 
> OpenOffice.org way of distributing language packs). We can make rsync 
> modules that include only certain languages. There is no reason to sync 
> Polish language pack to India, and vice versa. Instead, we should 
> distribute langpacks that are actually requested in the region that the 
> mirror serves. 
>
> The only thing we need is that one or two of us sit down and make kind 
> of a table with languages and regions where they are used, in rough 
> relation to where they are mirrors. Not a very difficult task. 
>  
> That wouldn't only save disk space on mirrors, it would also massively 
> reduce sync times.
>
> (Taking this one step further, one could automate that -- using download 
> counters to generate rsync filelists for each mirror, containing exactly 
> that stuff that is requested from there. I'd love to implement that, but 
> it'd need at least a week, that I don't have...)
>
> Anyway, a more static approach will work fine as well, I guess, since 
> languages don't change frequently, and mirrors don't usually  move 
> around ;-)
>
> Thank you all for your support!
> Peter

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