"Dominique Leuenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>  Adrian
>
>>>> Reply on 20-10-2006 14:04:56 <<<> 
>> We're currently planning to produce the following media for
>> installation:
>> 
>> * 5 CDs, you need CDs 1-3 for a normal installation with just GNOME
> or
>>   KDE (any language)
>  
> I think 5CDs are supportable. But for a future release it would be very
> nice if the distribution of the packages could be optimized in a way
> that not so many CDs would be needed for a Standard installation
> (standard installation shall mean what get's installed if I just click
> NEXT all the times, as most users anyhow do). I think at least shrinking
> this to TWO CDs (better would be ONE) should be possible.

We're at THREE right now.

>
>> 
>> * 1 AddOn CD with only binary packages on it
>> 
>  
> I assume it will contain about the same things as up to now? Java,
> Flash, Real and so on? Something completely new to know about this
> Disc?

Nothing new ;-)

>> * 1 AddOn CD with language packages that are used for our tier 2
>>   languages (tier 1 languages are english, french, italian, spanish,
>>   german, chinese, japanese and czech - and support for those is on
>>   the standard 5 CDs) (the 5 CDs have support for installation in
>>   *all* languages, just extra packages are only on this extra media)
>> 
>  
> The CD should be well marked on the download site, informing users what
> for exactly this CD is. Like: What features do you get in plus (feature
> means: what program(s) get support for more languages)

Martin, Henne, could you take care of this?

>> * 1 DVD containing the contents of the above 7 media (the DVD will
>>   only come with the final version to save bandwidth and mirror
> space)
>> 
>
> Nothing to say about. Just don't create a 8th CD, or the DVD will be to
> small (if the CDs are full)

;-)

>> * a FTP tree with open source packages (only for the final version)
>> 
>> * a FTP tree with binary packages (only for the final version)
>> 
>  
> Will the FTP tree again contain more packages than the CDs/DVD? I
> assume it does.

Yes.

> In this case, I absolutely would like to see the question during the
> installation to add/replace the CD/DVD Installation source by the
> FTP-Tree. Default selection would most probably be "no", as far not
> everybody has a high speed internet connection.
>  
> Comments on this? Or already implemented? (Alpha 5 did not offer
> something like this)

Implemented in a slightly different way - we ask to add the ftp trees
(currently factory) during install, you should see this first time
with Beta1,

Andreas
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