Re: f8 desktop livecd

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On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:36 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:33:28 +0100
> Caolan McNamara <caolanm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Sure, if the non-translated bits are fundamentally overscale to fit on
> > cd vs the other options, or its too slow to run from CD, or we hate it
> > too much to want it, then that's fine. But if the reason boiled down
> > to solely having all languages supported on the cd as a goal and apps
> > are then picked that have less translation coverage due to space
> > reasons then that strikes me as a bit of a fudge.
> 
> I don't disagree.  However it's a lot easier to say "we don't support
> your language because there was no translation for it upstream" than to
> say "we don't support your language because we didn't think it was
> important enough to include on the media.  Sorry.".
> 
> Still, some thought could be put around having regional editions of the
> live image that include a set of the languages for that region or some
> other ideas such as that.  It just takes somebody playing around with
> it (:  The good news is that the tools are relatively easy so that
> those playing at home can try things out instead of waiting for
> something to fall out of the Red Hat black box.
> 

+1.
A while back gnome made a gnome preview live cd. It was a version of the
gnome using an ubuntu livecd. They did one for the various languages
that wanted them - hitting most of the 'major' languages and then doing
others on request.

-sv


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