[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Wed Sep 19 10:17:55 CEST 2012

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Anne Nicolas <ennael1 at gmail.com> wrote:
+> Hi there
+>
+> So here is the discussion about what isos we should keep or have for final
+> release. We had several (many!) proposals on that topics and we need to take
+> some decisions.
+>
+> Here are some prerequisites I can see for what I can read in comments and
+> review about Mageia on the web.
+>
+> - provide a full open source software version
+> - provide CD iso(s) so that it can be quick to download (people having low
+> band-width or paying depending how much they use it)
+> - provide live version(s)
+> - decrease isos number. QA is just a hell on the set we had for Mageia 2
+> - provide localization as large as possible
+> - provide isos including major drivers including proprietary one to make it
+> easier to install and configure
+>
+> Keep in mind that what you want is not necessarily what another one want. So
+> let start proposals here and discussion. Please add all explanations to your
+> proposal.
+
+I would vote for
+- Live DVDs (1 per arch)
+- dual arch free CD
+- dual arch nonfree CD
+
+maybe we can replace the dual-arch CDs by enlarged boot.iso, need to
+send more about it :)
+
+I know machines with CD and not DVD still exist but I believe than in
+> 99% of the cases they are either a server or an old machine which
+will probably have a hard time running a recent KDE or GNOME
+