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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: locilka Feature #302955, revision 10 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. Discussion: #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into this feature? What comes to my mind is: Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation image It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be Linurc... #2: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:08:01) (reply to #1) I don't see linuxrc involved at all. YaST can just donwload he required files. Doesn't look that tricky to me. #3: jsuchome(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:29:36) (reply to #2) Maybe, but I do not know how. Lukas, don't we have some API in yast2- installation for that (copying target package from media to inst-sys, if I understand it correctly)? #4: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:32:40) (reply to #3) We've had exactly that discussion when we talked about loading the licenses. I think now is a good time to fix yast. I really don't see why other programs have to download various files for yast when yast could as well do it itself. And when this means doing the repo init earlier, then, well, do it earlier. #5: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 15:02:22) (reply to #4) YaST can only fetch data from instlalation sources. Inst-sys can come from completly different location than installation sources do. YaST has no information where to get these images from. YaST would have to reimplement getting data from all kind of locations on its own (it cannot use libzypp, since at the location, there needn't be any valid source. That's why I'd like to reuse functionality which Linuxrc already has. + #6: locilka(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 16:54:01) (reply to #3) + As already written by snwint, there is no way how to download anything + from sources before they are initialized. So: no, there is no + Installation API for that. + As there can be an installation-(zypp)-source and a different inst-sys, + Installation could either initialize the source as soon as possible but + it still wouldn't know where to download inst-sys extensions. On the + other hand, Linuxrc doesn't know which translations will be needed. So + maybe inst-sys could provide some functionality (API) for downloading + these extensions and merging them (downloaddir + adddir), YaST could + then use that API. Just an idea... -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302957] Combined "where am I" page
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: efuchs Feature #302957, revision 5 Title: Combined "where am I" page openSUSE-11.0: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLED-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLES-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Our (openSUSE) statistics show that most of our users are not native english speakers. So I'm blindly assuming they do not have a english keyboard either and do not live in an english speaking timezone. So I want the first page to be not just the language in a blue box, but to have _one_ installation page with language, timezone and keyboard selection. These selections should depend on each other, so depending on where I click first the others change. To have a good looking addon, I picture the timezone selection as picture and not as fullscreen list boxes. Discussion: #1: coolo(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 11:48:30) An additional note, feature #302955 is related (split translations out of installation system). #2: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:27:05) Isn't it easier for users who do not speak English to have the first dialog really as simple as possible (since they cannot read it)? Having just one selection box leads them straight where they need to get; I guess that most of them use mouse for installation, so keyboard is not an issue either... Also, we already have a support in isolinux to select language; then the first dialog is skipped. #3: coolo(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:13:14) If isolinux provides a language, then the page is not worse than the timezone page is now. Just that it also allows to change the language after the fact. If users do not grasp english _at all_, they will have a hard time booting the installation off the CD. So I would blindly assume that users have no problem with selecting Deutsch, русский or čeština when presented with a list even if they do not understand the exact context. And when next to that list is even a graphical presentation of the world, most will be able to select the part of the world they live in. + #4: evamaria.fuchs(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 16:00:35) + I think for the secondary target market of opensuse (first time user, + home user)an installer wizard that consists of a series of screens + would be convenient. + Basically it's preferable that language-, time-zone- and keyboard- + selection depend on each other so that modifying one will effect the + others. But - as I prefer a picture (e.g. a rotating globe) for time- + zone selection - sticking them together in one screen would clutter the + whole thing up. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302957

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: jsrain Feature #302955, revision 9 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. Discussion: #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into this feature? What comes to my mind is: Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation image It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be Linurc... #2: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:08:01) (reply to #1) I don't see linuxrc involved at all. YaST can just donwload he required files. Doesn't look that tricky to me. #3: jsuchome(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:29:36) (reply to #2) Maybe, but I do not know how. Lukas, don't we have some API in yast2- installation for that (copying target package from media to inst-sys, if I understand it correctly)? #4: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:32:40) (reply to #3) We've had exactly that discussion when we talked about loading the licenses. I think now is a good time to fix yast. I really don't see why other programs have to download various files for yast when yast could as well do it itself. And when this means doing the repo init earlier, then, well, do it earlier. + #5: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 15:02:22) (reply to #4) + YaST can only fetch data from instlalation sources. Inst-sys can come + from completly different location than installation sources do. YaST + has no information where to get these images from. YaST would have to + reimplement getting data from all kind of locations on its own (it + cannot use libzypp, since at the location, there needn't be any valid + source. + That's why I'd like to reuse functionality which Linuxrc already has. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: snwint Feature #302955, revision 8 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. Discussion: #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into this feature? What comes to my mind is: Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation image It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be Linurc... #2: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:08:01) (reply to #1) I don't see linuxrc involved at all. YaST can just donwload he required files. Doesn't look that tricky to me. #3: jsuchome(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:29:36) (reply to #2) Maybe, but I do not know how. Lukas, don't we have some API in yast2- installation for that (copying target package from media to inst-sys, if I understand it correctly)? + #4: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:32:40) (reply to #3) + We've had exactly that discussion when we talked about loading the + licenses. I think now is a good time to fix yast. I really don't see + why other programs have to download various files for yast when yast + could as well do it itself. And when this means doing the repo init + earlier, then, well, do it earlier. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: jsuchome Feature #302955, revision 7 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. Discussion: #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into this feature? What comes to my mind is: Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation image It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be Linurc... #2: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:08:01) (reply to #1) I don't see linuxrc involved at all. YaST can just donwload he required files. Doesn't look that tricky to me. + #3: jsuchome(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:29:36) (reply to #2) + Maybe, but I do not know how. Lukas, don't we have some API in yast2- + installation for that (copying target package from media to inst-sys, + if I understand it correctly)? -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302957] Combined "where am I" page
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: coolo Feature #302957, revision 4 Title: Combined "where am I" page openSUSE-11.0: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLED-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLES-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Our (openSUSE) statistics show that most of our users are not native english speakers. So I'm blindly assuming they do not have a english keyboard either and do not live in an english speaking timezone. So I want the first page to be not just the language in a blue box, but to have _one_ installation page with language, timezone and keyboard selection. These selections should depend on each other, so depending on where I click first the others change. To have a good looking addon, I picture the timezone selection as picture and not as fullscreen list boxes. Discussion: #1: coolo(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 11:48:30) An additional note, feature #302955 is related (split translations out of installation system). #2: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:27:05) Isn't it easier for users who do not speak English to have the first dialog really as simple as possible (since they cannot read it)? Having just one selection box leads them straight where they need to get; I guess that most of them use mouse for installation, so keyboard is not an issue either... Also, we already have a support in isolinux to select language; then the first dialog is skipped. + #3: coolo(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:13:14) + If isolinux provides a language, then the page is not worse than the + timezone page is now. Just that it also allows to change the language + after the fact. + If users do not grasp english _at all_, they will have a hard time + booting the installation off the CD. So I would blindly assume that + users have no problem with selecting Deutsch, русский or čeština when + presented with a list even if they do not understand the exact context. + And when next to that list is even a graphical presentation of the + world, most will be able to select the part of the world they live in. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302957

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: snwint Feature #302955, revision 6 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. Discussion: #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into this feature? What comes to my mind is: Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation image It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be Linurc... + #2: snwint(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 14:08:01) (reply to #1) + I don't see linuxrc involved at all. YaST can just donwload he required + files. Doesn't look that tricky to me. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302957] Combined "where am I" page
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: jsrain Feature #302957, revision 3 Title: Combined "where am I" page openSUSE-11.0: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLED-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory SLES-11: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Our (openSUSE) statistics show that most of our users are not native english speakers. So I'm blindly assuming they do not have a english keyboard either and do not live in an english speaking timezone. So I want the first page to be not just the language in a blue box, but to have _one_ installation page with language, timezone and keyboard selection. These selections should depend on each other, so depending on where I click first the others change. To have a good looking addon, I picture the timezone selection as picture and not as fullscreen list boxes. Discussion: #1: coolo(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 11:48:30) An additional note, feature #302955 is related (split translations out of installation system). + #2: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:27:05) + Isn't it easier for users who do not speak English to have the first + dialog really as simple as possible (since they cannot read it)? Having + just one selection box leads them straight where they need to get; I + guess that most of them use mouse for installation, so keyboard is not + an issue either... + Also, we already have a support in isolinux to select language; then + the first dialog is skipped. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302957

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: jsrain Feature #302955, revision 5 Title: Split translations out of installation system openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. + Discussion: + #1: jsrain(a)novell.com (2007-11-09 13:18:17) + Duncan, we will need a Linuxrc support for this. Can Steffen look into + this feature? What comes to my mind is: + Linuxrc needs to download and mount the language image for the language + which user selected in bootloader menu (or English as fallback) + Linuxrc needs to provide a support (eg. a script) which YaST can call + when Language changes and downloads and "mounts" the new translation + image + It is questionable whether it should be YaST or Linuxrc who makes + checks if the asked image is already downloaded, IMO it should be + Linurc... -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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[Fate 302955] Split translations out of installation system
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Feature changed by: visnov Feature #302955, revision 4 Title: Split translations out of installation system - openSUSE-11.0: New + openSUSE-11.0: Evaluation Priority Requester: Mandatory + Projectmanager: Mandatory Requested by: coolo(a)novell.com Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The translations of yast are the biggest part of the installation image. These should not be part of the image, but should be pulled in from the product media as the user selects them. -- SUSE Feature Tool: http://partnerfate.suse.de/?rm=feature_show&id=302955

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