delete locale subdirectories...

ragd3

Joined: 2008-08-10
Posts: 5

Posted: Fri, 2008-08-22 03:11

Hello there,
I've been taking a look at gallery2 files while uploading via FTP, and I've seen most of the bandwidth usage came from locale directories...

is it 100% safe to rip off the subdirectories of languages I don't need/want from the core/modules/themes directories?

I work with English, Spanish and French websites, so until now I would only need locale files for "en", "es", "fr" as my gallery is not configured to load languages from client's browser configuration...

for example the gallery\modules\core\locale total size is about 3 MB, if I delete what I don't need it drops down to about 300 KB... sounds fair, ain't it?

nivekiam

Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16503

Posted: Sat, 2008-08-23 19:55

Bandwidth from visitors hitting the site or from FTP? I'm guessing you're talking about FTP.

Honestly this is why I only use hosts that have shell (SSH) access so I can download files directly onto the server and unpack them there. No need to FTP huge transfers to my website ;)

For the languages, I might also wait until 2.3 is released where it appears they've finally made languages modular so you can install/uninstall them from the Admin section. NOTE: I haven't dug into 2.3 at all yet, so I'm not 100% sure how that's structured.

If you want to take a look at it, 2.3 is in RC1 right now. However, I wouldn't upgrade your site to it just yet. I tried that and had to rollback due to some issues that other users are experiencing. I'd make a separate test install instead.
http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php?title=Gallery2:Download&oldid=17982

Again, I just haven't had any time to dig into why the upgrade failed.

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ragd3 Joined: 2008-08-10 Posts: 5	Posted: Fri, 2008-08-22 03:11
	Hello there, I've been taking a look at gallery2 files while uploading via FTP, and I've seen most of the bandwidth usage came from locale directories... is it 100% safe to rip off the subdirectories of languages I don't need/want from the core/modules/themes directories? I work with English, Spanish and French websites, so until now I would only need locale files for "en", "es", "fr" as my gallery is not configured to load languages from client's browser configuration... for example the gallery\modules\core\locale total size is about 3 MB, if I delete what I don't need it drops down to about 300 KB... sounds fair, ain't it?
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nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16503	Posted: Sat, 2008-08-23 19:55
	Bandwidth from visitors hitting the site or from FTP? I'm guessing you're talking about FTP. Honestly this is why I only use hosts that have shell (SSH) access so I can download files directly onto the server and unpack them there. No need to FTP huge transfers to my website ;) For the languages, I might also wait until 2.3 is released where it appears they've finally made languages modular so you can install/uninstall them from the Admin section. NOTE: I haven't dug into 2.3 at all yet, so I'm not 100% sure how that's structured. If you want to take a look at it, 2.3 is in RC1 right now. However, I wouldn't upgrade your site to it just yet. I tried that and had to rollback due to some issues that other users are experiencing. I'd make a separate test install instead. http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php?title=Gallery2:Download&oldid=17982 Again, I just haven't had any time to dig into why the upgrade failed. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

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