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[Walter Lapchynski <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I already marked it as ready since this is release day. I'm not sure
we have enough time, honestly.

Apparently the change from lts-utopic to lts-vivid must have added on a
bunch of kernel updates. That's my best guess, at least.

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If you are short in space, do not hesitate to remove langpack to reduce
> the size. It's the best short term option. They should be ordered by popcon
> on the seed.
>
> I'm still curious to know how a point release can suddenly be oversize ...
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
> Le 6 août 2015 7:51 PM, "Walter Lapchynski" <wxl@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
>> I marked it as ready, so we're good. Melodie also pointed out we could
>> always suggest people do 800MB CDs. You may be able to overburn it but the
>> amd64 is 27MB over so I'm thinking not.
>>
>> Going forward, we may want to look at removing extra languages from the
>> [desktop seed][1]:
>>  # must have
>>  * Languages: en es de fr ru pt it pl ja nl xh cs
>>  * language-pack-${Languages}
>>  * language-pack-gnome-${Languages}
>>
>> Enough room on amd64 armel i386, not enough on powerpc:
>>  * Languages: zh-hans hu bn sv ar fi hi el ca da hi
>>  * language-pack-${Languages} [!powerpc]
>>  * language-pack-gnome-${Languages} [!powerpc]
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> [1]:
>> https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-dev/ubuntu-seeds/lubuntu.trusty/view/head:/ship
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Den 2015-08-06 19:15, Israel skrev:
>>> > On 08/05/2015 04:01 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> >> Den 2015-08-05 12:46, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>> >>> ...
>>> >>>
>>> >> Dear Lubuntu testers and users,
>>> >>
>>> >> Added information about Lubuntu 14.04.3 LTS: The alternate installer
>>> >> does not work and will not be supplied for this point version. The
>>> >> desktop installer is oversized for CD. There may or may not be time to
>>> >> get it within CD size, but we are close to the deadline, I looked into
>>> >> an alternative for really old computers, that boot from CD disks (but
>>> >> not from DVD disks or USB drives).
>>> >>
>>> >> I could install Lubuntu within CD size using the current mini.iso file
>>> >>
>>> >> 1. This general link seems to work now in order to find and download
>>> the
>>> >> Ubuntu mini.iso files
>>> >>
>>> >> http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/
>>> >>
>>> >> Select an architecture to install 14.04 with vivid's 3.19 HWE kernel
>>> >> (supported until August 2016), Index of
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> /ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/installer-i386/current/images/vivid-netboot
>>> >>
>>> >> with this md5sum
>>> >>
>>> >> a5156887b51e5e523a099bc255274c85  ./vivid-netboot/mini.iso
>>> >>
>>> >> 2. Install a very basic system (no packages selected within the
>>> >> mini.iso's installer.
>>> >>
>>> >> 3. Reboot into text mode and install Lubuntu
>>> >>
>>> >> sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop
>>> >>
>>> >> 4. Reboot and you have Lubuntu.
>>> >>
>>> >> I found one hickup: The nm-applet (network manager's indicator on the
>>> >> panel) has no icon, but if you click on the 'empty' space between the
>>> >> keyboard symbol and the clock, you get the relevant menus. And the
>>> >> network works (no pun intended) :-)
>>> >>
>>> >> This is not as easy as the alternate installer, but it is not too
>>> difficult.
>>> >>
>>> >> *. On the other hand, it might be better to start from the alternate
>>> >> installer of Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and update/dist-upgrade to get up to
>>> >> date program packages including security patches. This will not get
>>> the
>>> >> vivid kernel, but the stay with the trusty kernel. The trusty kernel
>>> is
>>> >> probably at least as good as the vivid one for such old hardware, so I
>>> >> would recommend starting from Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS and staying with the
>>> >> trusty kernel 3.13.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Best regards
>>> >> Nio
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> > Hi Nio,
>>> > isn't there a tasksel option for Lubuntu?
>>> >
>>> > Another option would be to preseed the mini with a url.  I did this
>>> some
>>> > time ago with debian and mate on PPC.  It worked well and was fairly
>>> > painless... though Debian is a bit more complicated than Ubuntu for new
>>> > non-technical users to use from the mini install.
>>> >
>>> > That seems like the 'best' way to make it easy for users.
>>>
>>> Hi Israel,
>>>
>>> You are probably right. I did what I'm used to, but it might be easier
>>> to select Lubuntu via the menu in the mini installer (I guess that is
>>> the 'tasksel' option).
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
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