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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Julien,

as some of the ISO's do creep up to oversized, can we keep alternate CD
sized and allow desk top to have language packs etc? I know it has been a
struggle to keep the ISO's at CD size. Would this not take some of the
burden off you?

Regards,

Phill.



On 22 October 2014 21:59, Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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