[josm-dev] .jar file size is too big

[Maarten Deen]

Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Frederik Ramm schrieb:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Ulf Lamping wrote:
>>> Complicating the build process for the developers and the download 
>>> step for users is *no* price worth to pay for 1-2MB saved download 
>>> size IMHO.
>> 
>> It's easy to say that when you are behind a DSL pipe. It all sounds very 
>> generous and inclusive: "We're not discriminating against anyone, we 
>> support all languages!" when at the same time you're happily 
>> discriminating against anyone who happens to have a slower Internet 
>> connection.
> 
> I have installed and used JOSM behind a 56K modem line before. The issue 
> - as Dirk alread noted - was not the JOSM, but the data download.
> 
> Anyway, my main interest is to get users up and running as *easy* as 
> possible - not having to select any language but simply start working is 
> what I want to see.

Than you make localized versions _and_ one "have-it-all" version. Make the 
"have-it-all" version available in the directory it is now and have the 
localized versions "hidden" in a directory with its name so that novice users 
can't find it.
Somehow I get a big sense of "I'm the programmer and I am doing it my way" from 
this discussion (and have gotten that on previous occasions in other OSM areas). 
Doesn't the programmer want to cater for the users of his program? Jeez, it 
appears to be a minor fix from which nobody loses anything and we make such a 
fuss about it.

Regards,
Maarten