Regarding Belgian specific packages, I first step could be to write and index documentation about these packages. Helas, the Belgium categories on the various documentation site (Ubuntu's wiki, Ubuntu-fr's wiki, Ubuntu-nl's wiki, etc.) are still (nearly) empty. How can I try these packages and maybe help if I had to digg the web for several hours to know they exists ?
Just my two cents... On 2/15/07, Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On do, 2007-02-15 at 18:04 +0100, Christophe Vandeplas wrote: > > Jan Claeys wrote: > > > On do, 2007-02-15 at 05:29 +0100, Snulkid wrote: > > >> But maybe you could launch among them the idea of a "Belgian > > >> personalized CD" ? > > > > > > That might be a good idea; maybe we can even press our own CDs then, if > > > we can find some sponsors. > > > > I think this is *not* a good idea. > > > > Let me explain why. > > First of all a personalised edition requires quite some testing and > > changes. Thus taking huge amounts of time. Time you'll spend on it on > > every new release of ubuntu. This will also create more segmentation, > > more distro's in this wild forest of different distro's. You also have > > the need to distribute on CD, online,... what can cost quite some money > > and time. > > The Ubuntu "desktop" CD can be customized very easily, by adding & > removing packages from the image it contains before assembling it. > Several LoCoTeams are already making their own localised images... > > > What I think can be a good idea is to work with the locoteams to > > personalise the ubuntu install to take count of the country you are in. > > It already does that, as far as possible (unfortunately, one CD can't > hold all translations etc.). > > > Or to make an application that will list all the 'country-related' stuff. > > You mean something like a "Belgium" category in 'gnome-app-install'? > > > By these means it will take less time of testing, distributing, > > refactoring,... and will prevent segmentations of the official ubuntu-cd > > Some people would have to do the work and do some testing, but > everything /should/ work if installing those "Belgian" packages manually > works already now. Which means that making this disk could also improve > Ubuntu proper for use by Belgians, by finding/solving bugs. > > > I'm also pro a system where the user can check a box during the install > > to say he wants to download the proprietary-codecs-etc from the net. > > This would mean changing the installer, and would be more work. > (But maybe the "Mint" people have done this work already?) > > > > Anyway, it's just a proposal... > > > -- > Jan Claeys > > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > -- mongolito404, king of the mongolian people -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be
