Removal of languages

Because, maybe non-English speakers would like to have their own language's files included?

Although, granted, that could be served through a langauge addon pack.

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It is my intention to keep all the DriverPacks that I build as international as possible.  I will not remove any additional languages just to save space.  Besides, that's more work for me!

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Hi LeV,

it would be eXtra work to remove languages. (Looking at a driver's install routine is work. I see some in which it is a hopeless task, as each language has its own INI and each INI is actually referenced in main INF, or the INF is poking a INI which is calling other INI.)
DriverPacks experts and team members are not infallible, but we usually know what can break a driver.

I also think we have to get size out of the picture.
There was never a rule of making it as small (DISC burn limit) as possible.
USERS reQuested it be as small as possible, but more oft than not, that was not the smartest solution.

MY ideal is:
A small enough memory footprint with the Least conflict. (mass)
Everything, with no conflict. (all other, and mass)
Stable drivers before the latest.

this is not my idea, but ours. Jeff, Erik, Hans and all other team members agree to stable.
Conflicts are hard to find. (How on earth could machine coders use same routines for widely different hardware, and get WHQL certified when they submitted the driver..)
Instability in a driver (by its own) is a nightmare to us.
I have seen a site boasting they can give you the perfect driver.
I cannot say we have the perfect set, and we do not boast we have that set.
We help you by filtering. A good many conflicts were eliminated in the last two years.
You (members/team/testers) help us by telling us what works, and what doesn't.

I've been busy outside DriverPacks. While I was not focusing, I could see a wider perspective.
I think I still fit in that picture, and regret I have a real life project stealing a lot of time.
(house remodelling)

Last edited by Jaak (2008-08-11 19:10:59)

In case you were referring to me, my name's not Hans, despite being German

Martin will do fine, but basically everyone calls me Helmi IRL, anyway

If you did not refer to me (though that leaves me clueless as to who this Hans guy is...), I sincerely beg your pardon!

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But maybe he still agrees on stable beating latest, who knows (if not you!)?

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