site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acb81AEyP7B2MWjHEduT/QANk6659g== Thread-topic: Finding the current OS language via distributions User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.5.060620 Hi Stéphane: Thanks for the suggestion. This solution would work if my user's guide installer was provided standalone. However, there is scope for this installer being integrated into a main/shell installer too (that is run with "installer.app") as a Metapackage. In this scenario, the separate application would install it's contents without providing installation feedback in the main installer's progress bar. In case the user's guide install size was large, this could seem like a hang to the user of the main installer. Steven On 10/31/06 1:11 AM, "Stéphane Sudre" <ssudre2@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

Hmm, in that case, one solution could be to use a small intermediate application.

The application would contain the packages in its Resources folder.

The application would find the appropriate OS language (using the /var/log/CDIS.custom for instance).

The application would only open the appropriate package.

You can make the user believe this is a real package by using a custom icon.

This is a similar solution to the ReadMe "text" on the OS Installation CD.

On mardi, octobre 31, 2006, at 12:27 AM, Steven Lobo wrote:

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Yes, unfortunately the help file size is large and is not yet bundled help. We are creating an help installer infrastructure that various other teams we collaborate with can use. There was a suggestion made during WWDC this year that we install all language support to a temporary location and then copy only the appropriate language files to the install location. This is not a practical solution for us due to the time taken to install all localizations is quite long.

Steven

-----Original Message----- From: Stéphane Sudre <ssudre2@wanadoo.fr> To: Steven Lobo <steven@robosoftin.com> Cc: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:24:24 +0100 Subject: Re: Finding the current OS language via distributions

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Stupid question of the day:

Why not just installing all the languages?

Mac OS X is a multi-language OS. This seems to make sense to install all available localizations. Are the PDFs that big?

On lundi, octobre 30, 2006, at 05:32 PM, Steven Lobo wrote:

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Hi:

I have a Metapackage that installs help PDF's for various language. Each package inside the Metapackage contains user help for a specific language.

With 10.3, my Metapackage has to currently launch each embedded package to determine if that package has to install. This is since there is no specific way to launch just the appropriate language package from the metapackage in 10.3 that I am aware of. A script in each package determines if the language it is supposed to install is the OS language and either proceeds/stops it's install if not.

I am planning on using a distribution script on 10.4 to launch just the require language package and install it's contents. This should decrease the install time since I am now launching just 1 package.

Queries: ======== 1. How can I find the current OS language from within the distribution script ? 2. In 10.3, is there any other way for a metapackage to determine which package to launch based on the current OS language ?

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