Suggestion: No more language packs for macOS as they are fundamentally broken

[Tor Lillqvist]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:08, Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 9:32 AM Eivind Samseth <eisa01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here’s the way you can distribute localizations on macOS
> > 1. Include all localizations in the standard download (used by all Apple
> software, MS Office etc.)
> > 2. Offer precompiled .app bundles in the language of choice (used by
> Firefox)
> > 3. Offer language packs as a separate download and installation (used by
> LO)
> >
> > What would the standard macOS way be to distribute language packs?
> >
> > 1 is the standard way and with file system compression it would not use
> significantly more disk space than today (I’ll have to google to find out
> how you actually turn it on)
> > 2 is also an acceptable choice with one-step install
> > 3 is a quirky solution requiring multiple steps, I can’t remember any
> other app having a similar install option on macOS?
>
> We all agree that the way 3 is done is a hack, not because it is a
> separate thing to download, but because it modifies an existing app
> bundle after-the-fact.
>
> > As such 1 or 2 would be the preferred option if we were to design the
> system today, agree?
>
> 4) create a real macOS installer package (native macOS installer
> program, not a runnable script like the langauge pack "installer"),
> similar to the windows msi that allows to customize the installation
> and pick the components you want.
>
> ciao
> Christian
>
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