[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Wed Sep 19 14:23:10 CEST 2012

Le 19/09/12 10:17, Pascal Terjan a écrit :
+> 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
+that seems good :)
+>
+> maybe we can replace the dual-arch CDs by enlarged boot.iso, need to
+> send more about it :)
+it may be as problematic as boot.iso for people with bad connections. I 
+personally prefer a CD that brings correctly the base system than rely 
+on my connection and finish with an installation without rpm (as it did 
+once).
+
+Claire
+