[arch-releng] RC1 ISOs and final release

[Vertimyst]

I agree.

I do have access to the wiki via other computers during install, but they're
not my computers, so I don't always have guaranteed access, and as has been
said, printing that many pages whenever I need updated documentation for the
install can be rather tedious.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Stephan Platz <
stephan.platz at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 February 2009 18:54:33 Smartboy wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Gerhard Brauer
> <gerbra at archlinux.de> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > i have a proposition on the current RC1 and the final
> release phase:
> > >
> > > If the current state of the documentation is the real
> problem not to
> > > release the ISO - hell, let's remove ALL documentation from
> THIS
> > > release. We have not an official ISO release since 2008.06
> and now
> > > someone found a "yaourt" in the docu!
> > >
> > > IMHO: the RC1 is in release state from technical state. Let's
> build the
> > > final without docu (i guess not many people will ever need
> them really)
> > > and fix the last minor things (typo in /etc/issue, etc.).
> > >
> > >        *** And release it.  **
> > >
> > > If we switch to aif next release the docu must rewritten
> again.
> > >
> > > Gerhard
> >
> > If this happens, looks like I will have to remaster the ISO to put
> > docs back in for myself, since I don't like to waste paper to
> install
> > Arch, and don't usually have another computer beside me.
> The
> > documentation being on the CD was a big bonus for me,
> since I didn't
> > have to go online to get it when I was installing. I know of a
> few
> > people for which it helped as well, as they too didn't want to
> print
> > out all 30(?) pages from the wiki.
> >
> > Smartboy
>
> +1
>
> I think there should well be a little guide on the iso. At least the
> part which describes the steps until you get connected to the
> internet
>
> Stephan
>
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