Bug#269972: Dealing with " should not display languages unavailable on floppy" bug on localechooser
Quoting Sven Luther (sven.luther@wanadoo.fr):
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 06:48:33PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > The attached patch adds a non translatable template to
> > localechooser. It "recognizes" floppy installs by testing for the
> > presence of floppy-retriever. Please suggest other methods if there
> > are some...
>
> Mmm, why not set a variable or something on the floppy at built time, this
> seems more future proof, especially if you consider that floppy-retriever may
> be useful to get non-free firmware for your cd/net driver from floppies, even
> in non-floppy installs.
Yes, I agree that relying on floppy-retriever presence is not very
optimal.
Frans, is Sven's suggestion applicable in some way?
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