Space: Apache OpenOffice Community (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS) Page: Distribution Strategic Plan (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Distribution+Strategic+Plan)
Added by Rob Weir: --------------------------------------------------------------------- h2. Where we are today The Apache OpenOffice project distributes source and binaries as follows: || Distribution Method\\ || What is distributed \\ || Volume \\ || | SourceForge \\ | Install sets (including Updates)\\ Language packs \\ | 120-170K per day\\ \~20 TB per day \\ | | Apache mirrors \\ | Source tarballs\\ (Also fallback up for binaries)\\ | Unknown \\ | | Third parties, such as\\ Amazon, FileHippo, Chip.de, etc.\\ | Install sets \\ | Not known in all cases, but appears to be significant. \\ | h2. What is working well today * We have the ability to support the high-volume of downloads that is generated by the popularity of the project. * We have a good working relationship with SourceForge. * Service level is high. Reports of downtime are rare to nonexistent. h2. Challenges * Several imposter websites have popped up, and are advertising on Google and Bing and are offering adulterated versions of OpenOffice, confusing users. * We get occasional notes from users who require physical media, but we have no official or vetted distributors to point them to. * As we increase the number of languages supported and have additional releases, the release matrix of versions*platforms*languages may be harder to accommodate. * We have no patch mechanism. Even a single minor fix requires that we rebuild, package and distribute the full matrix of binaries. * We lack an in-product way to download and apply updates. * Install experience on Linux is sub-optimal. * Low conversion rate of downloads to engaged users. Although we have 40 million downloads, the number of engaged users on announcement list or social media is only 0.05% of that. * Our binaries are not using code signing, a technique increasingly encouraged on Windows and MacOS. These platforms have made UI changes that now discourage installation of unsigned binaries. * We're highly reliant on a single 3rd party for hosting our binaries. h2. High Level Goals * * h2. Specific Tasks to Support Goals Change your notification preferences: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/users/viewnotifications.action
