Ubuntu Lice CD is dead: what's the problem now including also the alternate installer?

[Steve Langasek]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 01:59:55PM +0200, a.grandi at gmail.com wrote:
> I coming back to the same question, I know, but things have changed
> since last time I asked.
> Reading this http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/its-official-the-ubuntu-livecd-is-dead

> You're going over the 700Mb size of the CD.

> When I asked "why don't you include also the alternate text installer
> in the same ISO so if someone has problems with the graphic one he can
> choose to boot with text one?".
> You replied: because everything won't fit the 700Mb iso. Ok.

> But now things changed... so, why don't we include also the alternate
> installer?

It seems you were given somewhat inaccurate answers to your first question. 
The decision to drop the CD-sized images was taken earlier; we had already
consolidated the desktop CD and the DVD into a single 800MB hybrid ISO
image, before the discussion of alternate CDs came up.

However, though the finer details were wrong, the fundamental argument is
the same: including both the alternate installer and ubiquity on a single
image would double the size of the image and effectively offer us no savings
in terms of maintenance and QA.

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Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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