On 16 November 2012 13:27, Thierry Vignaud <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I just tested the boot.iso network installer (using distrib-coffee), and >>> it has the same bug all boot.iso files have had at least since mdv2010.1. >>> >>> Everything works, except the package descriptions; there isn't any. >>> When one select «individual packages» (translated) in order to choose >>> which packages to install or not, there is no description of the packages. >> >> Iit's more a wontfix bug: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549#c9 >> (fixed for the isos) > > Well, we could adapt it to use XML info data instead of hdlists > (much smaller) and download those metadata on demand. > We would also save space on ISOs by including xml metadata instead > of huge hdlists
Which is now done in Cauldron. Tested on both local & http install. Thomas, Anne: please drop hdlists from next ISOs and include media_info/info.xml.lzma instead (1.4Mb vs 127Mb on core/release...)
