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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mélodie,

There is already a new i386 iso file at the qa-tracker. It is flagged
'oversized'. (I have tested all but the 'Install alongside' test-case,
and it passed my tests.)

Julien, will there be another i386 iso file, or is this the final one?

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-10-21 13:44, meets@xxxxxx skrev:
> Hello,
> 
> It looks to me some of us might be waiting for a new i386 version ready to test. I read
> only a PPC release will be missing as there isn't any tester for it, apart from that I
> can alsmost see the ones who are in the starting blocks to get a new smaller ISO and fill
> some of the testcases.
> 
> People, am I wrong?
> 
> Best regards,
> Mélodie
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:28:18 +0200
> Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry to be rude, but the question is more short term : Do we have the
>> time to test another i386, 3 days before the release ?
>> - If yes, we should respin now, and start the test (because a respin
>> will make the ISO CD size, I done the necessary cut).
>> - If no, so we have to live with a non CD size ISO for 14.10,
>> something we did not announce to our users ...
>>
>> The question to be CD size or not is not something we have to discuss
>> 3 days before the release, let's discuss it for 15.04.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Lavergne
>>
>> 2014-10-20 18:58 GMT+02:00 ∅ <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> some perspective: there's nothing that's not oversized anymore. cds
>>> are kind of old hat.
>>>
>>> that being said, lubuntu is often targeted at machines that are old
>>> hat ;) those machines often have the biggest problems with drivers.
>>> having a live version can be essential for those sort of situations.
>>>
>>> with this in mind, in an ideal world, everything would be cd sized.
>>> but we don't have control over how things like ubuntu-core and apps
>>> grow. there are some packages we could really get rid of. the games
>>> might be a good start. still, i'm not sure that it's sustainable to
>>> have cd sized everything. we have encountered this problem over and
>>> over again over the past few years.
>>>
>>> another possibility is a live test version without all the apps but,
>>> really, i don't want to support ANOTHER image.
>>>
>>> that being said, i think looking into the future, we should aim for a
>>> cd sized alternate. we should at least have a cd install option, if
>>> not for anyone but for the ppc folks. we do need SOMETHING to be cd
>>> sized.
>>>
>>> that's my 2¢ / 0.015647 € / 0.012394 £ / 2.13728 ¥
>>>
>>> wxl
>>>
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