Bug 30128

Summary:	[WISH] Split the current iso images into regional based arch isos similar to the Ubuntu Nordic Remix Edition
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component:	Release (media or process)	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	fri, sysadmin-bugs
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://www.danielnylander.se/2011/10/23/ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-nordic-remix-edition-med-fullstandigt-sprakstod/
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Description Kristoffer Grundström 2022-03-07 13:02:49 CET

Description of problem: I remember back some years ago a guy named Daniel Nylander here in Sweden made a regional based version of Ubuntu and I was thinking..... Why not take this idea to Mageia as well since we have communities in various countries around the globe? The iso's would be smaller in size and they'd fit into a 4GB USB memory stick as well if needed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to https://www.mageia.org/
2. Choose region.
3. Download iso.
4. Burn the iso to a USB stick or to a CD/DVD.
5. Boot the installer which will have all the languages for the downloaded region.

Comment 1 Kristoffer Grundström 2022-03-07 13:03:19 CET

I realize that this will create more work, but it's a thrilling idea.

Comment 2 sturmvogel 2022-03-07 13:26:37 CET

Are there actual any distributions which follow this kind of concept? If i look at the provided link it seems that this concept was used a decade ago. I believe this would be an immensive loss of flexibility which we have with our installer (and also for all other distributions out there). The argument about the saved space on an USB-stick is not relly valid. The difference between a 4GB and a 8GB stick are only cents.

And a big backdraw would be the massive addidtional amount of work to create ISOs for all languages.

Comment 3 Kristoffer Grundström 2022-03-07 14:07:09 CET

AFAIK no other distro offers this.

About the extra work creating the iso, there should be a way to automate it.

Jenkins or similar?

Comment 4 Morgan Leijström 2022-03-07 15:57:19 CET

We *had* something like that in the past.. Mandrake or Mandriva. Got abandoned.
IIRC it was not much lower size, but, importantly, more total work.

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 5 sturmvogel 2022-03-07 16:22:24 CET

To get an understanding of how much more work would be necessary only a small calculation:

ATM: 2 ISOs classic installer (32/64bit)
-> 27 languages * 2 = 54 ISOs

ATM: 1 Live Media Plasma 64bit
-> 27 languages * 1 = 27 ISOs

ATM: 1 Live Media Gnome 64bit
-> 27 languages * 1 = 27 ISOs

ATM: 2 Live Media XFCE 32/64bit
-> 27 languages * 2 = 54 ISOs


This all needs QA and testing. And if there is anything wrong with the images and they have to be redone....hossa!

I also don't get the real intention behind it. There wouldn't be any better locale support in any of the ISOs. You only strip them down to one language and thats it. So there is no advantage of doing this.

Comment 6 Thomas Backlund 2022-03-07 16:32:45 CET

Not going to happend.

We had split isos for Mageia 1 and 2 and retired them after that it after as the pain vs gain was not worth it..., not to mention the huge waste of mirror space...

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX