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.laver...@gmail.com> 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.wikl...@gmail.com>: > > 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, me...@gmx.fr 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.laver...@gmail.com> 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 ∅ <w...@ubuntu.com>: > >>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > >>>> Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > >>> Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > >> > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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