11 Dec
2005
11 Dec
'05
12:24 p.m.
From: David Hinz
Well, as GvG just uploaded a fixed version of the Mozilla
Control to sourceforge I think it should be okay for now, but
for releases like 0.3.0 we maybe could include the Mozilla
Control on bootcd (put the precompiled Mozilla Control
installer GvG just built somewhere in reactos/media or
something like that), I don't know who big it is...
It's about 5MB, so it would add about 1/3 of the current .iso size. The best
way IMO would be to handle this via the package manager.
I've been thinking about this for a while now. At the moment, we distribute
2 .isos, the BootCD and the LiveCD. I'd like to change these (eventually) to
a MinBootCD and a FullBootLiveCD. The MinBootCD would basically be the same
as our current BootCD, just the bare minimum OS and the package manager,
allowing you to download more stuff. The FullBootLiveCD would be a
combination of live CD and installable CD, on startup it would ask you to
select either "Live" or "Install". The "Install" choice
would then lead you
to a fully graphical installer (replacing the blue-screen first stage
USETUP). This FullBootLiveCD (we'll need to think about a better name...)
would also include some open source packages, ready to install using the
package manager.
Thoughts, anyone? And please skip the "you should definitely include
such-and-such package on the CD" for now.
Gé van Geldorp.