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Paul,<br>
As already mentioned by Alex and Hamish, we will certainly include
the MapWindow Project Overview and Quickstart, and I'm going to
argue very strongly that these docs should be accessible from our
main contents page, which you can now see here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html">http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/overview/overview.html</a><br>
(Note MapWindow is currently listed under Desktop clients, although
I'm open to putting somewhere else on the page).<br>
<br>
I'm very hopeful that we will find sufficient space to include all
of MapWindow's 51.6 MB installer, as I feel that we should only be
including documentation for applications that are actually included
on OSGeo-Live, and that have been tested by the community. If we
just become a freshmeat type of website, listing all geospatial
applications which register with us, then we will loose our mark of
quality.<br>
<br>
Paul,<br>
Lets wait until Alex or Angelos creates a full build and works out
how much space we have before you make decisions about reducing
installer size. We should know this within a couple of weeks.<br>
<br>
On 18/01/12 21:10, Paul Meems wrote:
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cite="mid:CAHNf2YTqOMXr7VFt6iSprh4p52EDm4=_pXnc9ceCOkzK5DtsJA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hamish,<br>
<br>
The installer is 51.6 MB (sorry ;))<br>
I can make it a bit smaller by removing some sample data.<br>
Another option is to not include the installer but provide a
download link.<br>
Of course the quick start and overview should stay on the DVD.<br>
<br>
Because it is a Windows-only installer, people that want to try it
out are already a bit different (from the OSGeo-Linux point of
view), making them download the installer wouldn't harm them.<br>
That would solve the issue with the disk space and makes sure the
user is downloading the latest stable version of our installer.<br>
<br>
What do you think?<br clear="all">
<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2012/1/18 Hamish <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div class="im">Alex wrote:<br>
> There shouldn't be any problem including it in the
Windows installer<br>
> directory (Did you mention how big the installer is?).
I think the point<br>
> that Hamish is making is that it might be confusing to
users as it will<br>
> be the only application listed that isn't ready to run,
and won't be on<br>
> the mini iso or virtual machine. So we'll just need to
add an asterisk<br>
> and a note on the quickstart that makes that clear.<br>
><br>
> Box : This application is for Windows only and requires
installation.<br>
> Installation files are included on the full ISO version
of OSGeo-Live or<br>
> may be downloaded from ...link....<br>
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Right; I don't mean for a moment to kick the quickstart and
the overview<br>
from the disc! (sorry if it came out that way), just that the
docs should<br>
go in a separate section, maybe still on the table of contents
page, but<br>
below a horizontal rule of something.<br>
<br>
We have a couple other deactivated because of lack-of-space
projects<br>
with existing overviews and quickstarts that could join it
there so it<br>
won't be all by itself in the wilderness:<br>
MapGuide, MB-System, and Octave's spatial toolbox. (others?)<br>
<br>
<br>
Alex:<br>
<div class="im">> (Did you mention how big the installer
is?).<br>
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please say less than 50mb.. :-S<br>
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Hamish<br>
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