On Dec 13, 2007 2:36 AM, Conrad Knauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the 32-bit CDs, let's have a fully functional install on a single > CD. We can freeze the apps at roughly the current set and any new > ones can be put in an 'ubuntu-extras' metapackage. 32-bit users can > install the package (by themselves or by prompt at installation if > they have a working network connection), but 64-bit users will have it > installed by default from the DVD. This will allow a nice progression > from XP-era 32-bit processor computers to a new 64-bit era (which > hopefully will be software libre based :) Ubuntu development won't be > constrained to 700 MB and we can have lots of 'WinFOSS' on the DVDs.
Alternate package name suggestions: rename ubuntu-desktop to ubuntu-desktop-base or some such and be a dependency of 'ubuntu-extras' which could be called ubuntu-desktop-full or some such. 32-bit users who want the full install on a single disk could of course download a 32-bit DVD as is now being produced. Network bandwidth should become less of an issue as time goes on, so installing ubuntu-desktop-full + dependencies via net for 32-bit users shouldn't present too big of an issue so long as the devels don't go nuts and try to cram everything into it at once ;) An incremental size increase limit of maybe 300 MB more for the first release under this system and 100 MB per release afterwards should be considered so as to transition a bit and prevent too much bloat... Just think how nice it would be to include things like IcedTea and Miro and a couple dozen other spiffy cool apps as part of a DVD-based 64-bit release and yet know that for the 'long tail' of supportable hardware that the famous 32-bit CD will be there if needed. CK -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss