[indiana-discuss] CD Space analysis and recommendations

[Shawn Walker]

Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:00:31PM -0700, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
>> This is a wild thought but perhaps we should put on the table the
>> option of scratching most of the language-specific localization stuff.
> 
> Or having per-locale install CDs, each with a single locale.  One nice
> side-effect: no longer would users be asked at install time to pick a
> language for the installer to use.  Users would be asked that at CD
> image download time instead.

Having an OS support more than one-language on a single medium is fairly 
common, and the cost of maintaining per-language media is likely to be 
prohibitive.  That's probably why most vendors have adopted a "Language 
Pack" approach from what I've seen.

As such, I think a per-language media approach is not an optimal one.

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Shawn Walker