[Mageia-dev] Suggestion-Locales management for One (or Live) Cd releases

Mon Oct 25 11:16:19 CEST 2010

I don't know if this proposal is even mentioned before. It's hard to
+catch in all these posts. I think the main probem with Mandriva One
+releases was lack of space. It will still a problem for Mageia Live CD
+releases. Also, it is very cofusing for Mandriva/Mageia newbies to
+determine which iso image contains their native language support and
+i'm sure it brings more effort to maintain so many one cd isos and
+waste of server/mirror space.
+
+I propose to implement an Ubuntu like, install time or in live
+enviroment language packs installing. How this should work?
+
+It is obvious which packages included in Live cd. When creating an iso
+(draklive?) livecd creation tool strips all locale files except
+english ones and create seperate packages per locale. These packages,
+ie. mageia-one-kde4-locale-tr includes all locale files corresponding
+with included apps/packages in mageia-one-kde4.iso.
+
+When user boots with live cd (mageia-one?) a dialog appears and asks
+which locale he/she would use with live environment. Then if it
+detects internet connection, downloads this mageia-one specific
+package (mageia-one-kde4-locale-tr.rpm for Turkish locale in
+mageia-one-kde4) and adds tr locale /etc/rpm/macros file.
+
+So, there will be only one live cd image on mirrors per DE, there will
+be room for apps in live cd iso, people will not confused for
+localized isos.
+
+What do you think?
+