[Mageia-dev] Notes about live CD

[JA Magallón]

On 10/27/2012 12:40 AM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 2012/10/27 JA Magallón <jamagallon at ono.com>:
>> On 10/26/2012 12:54 PM, Olivier Blin wrote:
>>>
>>> JA Magallón <jamagallon at ono.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> - the installer asks to remove the unused harware support, but the
>>>>     wording for the choice is misleading:
>>>>
>>>>          [  ] Unsued hardware support
>>>>
>>>>     What does it really mean if I tick this, I want to keep the unused
>>>>     hw support or to remove it ?
>>>
>>>
>>> The text reads this way:
>>>
>>> We will remove the following packages, unless you choose otherwise:
>>> [  ] Unused hardware support
>>> [  ] Unused localization
>>>
>>
>> Oops, sorry for the late answer.
>>
>> In the live _CD_, I saw no choice for localization, I think it is
>> because it only includes english ? The live DVD has both marks to check.
>>
>> I will rephrase it as:
>>
>> There is some soft installed by default that is not needed in your
>> current setup. Mark them if you want it to be removed now:
>>      [  ] Unused hardware support
>>      [  ] Unused localizations
>>
>> --
>> J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com>        \               Winter is
>> coming...
>
> As it is now the user has to read the whole thing (first the leading
> sentence, then the options, then put both in a meaningful relation)
> before he can decide what to do. Our goal was always to make it as
> simple as reasonable for the user to understand what we exactly mean.
> So why not write in the options what is really done?
>
> Some installed packages (hardware and language support) may not be
> needed on your computer.
> [ ] Check to remove unused hardware support
> [ ] Check to remove unused language support
>
> Here the option tells exactly and with no room for misunderstanding in
> one line what it is doing when checked or unchecked.
>
Nice

-- 
J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com>        \               Winter is coming...