> > one that i had mentioned in IRC would be to put the installer, > > language-specific packages and core packages on one CD, with everything > > else on the second CD. > > "Language-specific packages" means above all kde-i18n-*. > To include kde-i18n-* without the applications strikes me as backwards. > Hence I would suggest the reverse procedure. Put the applications > on the first CD and the language specific packages on the second. well, the issue being that debian-installer takes up a considerable amount of space on the CD(maybe 70-100MB). the install process may require access to localization packages, but not necessarily anything else beyond the core system. so with an installer+localization CD and a second applications CD, frees up considerable space for additional applications and localizations, and makes it simple to determine what goes on which CD... this way, the install process would be one CD, and additional package installation would be the second- rather than the possibility of needing to switch CDs at some arbitrary point during additional package installation. it was just another idea on how to divide the packages, but maybe it wouldn't actually pan out (i.e. when do localization packages get installed?) live well, vagrant
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