[Bug 1829333] Re: please filter /usr/share/locales when creating minimized images

[Adam Conrad]

Hello Christian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted livecd-rootfs into disco-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/livecd-
rootfs/2.578.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

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testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
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** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Disco)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-disco

** Changed in: livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu Cosmic)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed-cosmic

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Title:
  please filter /usr/share/locales when creating minimized images

Status in livecd-rootfs package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Cosmic:
  Fix Committed
Status in livecd-rootfs source package in Disco:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Justification]
  Improving the fitness for purpose of Ubuntu minimal images by continuing to remove unused files is appropriate for a livecd-rootfs SRU.

  [Test case]
  1. Verify that there are no autopkgtest regressions.
  2. Generate a minimal tarball in launchpad (but do NOT publish to cdimage.u.c!)
  3. Download the tarball and verify no files under /usr/share/locales are included.
  4. Chroot to the tarball.
  5. Run 'unminimize' and confirm that the command succeeds.

  [Regression potential]
  The unminimize command might break in some unforeseen corner case.  But this code has already landed in devel and there have been no complaints so far.

  
  [Original description]
  In a discussion around image sizes it came up that our images still have locales in
    /usr/share/locales

  Since my words seem to be misleading I'm quoting Steve on this:
  "ok, now I see what you mean about locales. yes, since we do not support non-English locales in the minimized images, we should also filter out the apt translations from /usr/share/locales. Please file a bug on livecd-rootfs for this."

  ^^ this bug here :-)

  Late on mwhudson said - "All done now"
  But I wasn't sure if that also included the locales.

  Better an extra bug that is quickly closed than one we forgot to fix.

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