On 25 October 2010 11:16, atilla ontas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
And if there's no active internet connection at installation time? > 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? > -- Ahmad Samir
