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[Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately, no :-( My fix needed an upload + a respin, which I
didn't plan. We have to stick with this size for i386.

Next time, if you see this type of oversize during your testing,
please send me a mail as soon as possible, so I have time to fix it
properly.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne

2014-10-21 13:52 GMT+02:00 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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