Xfce on the installation DVD (was Re: Regarding XFCE wiki page)

[Brock Hudson]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:18:47 +0100
Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, den 19.01.2011, 09:35 -0700 schrieb Kevin Fenzi:
> > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:34:23 +0100
> > Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > BTW: This is something we want to change for F15. We just need to
> > > come up with a few suggestions to free space on the DVD in order
> > > to convince release engineering.
> > > 
> > > Suggestions:
> > >       * eclipse-pde (82,1 MB)
> > >       * scribus and scribus-doc (21,4 MB)
> > >       * gnome-games-help (18,1 MB)
> > >       * evolution-help (16,7 MB)
> > > 
> > > To me eclipse-pde looks most promising: It's not required for
> > > eclipse and it's plugins but only for developing *new*
> > > eclipse-plugins. If we remove scribus we will have to mess the
> > > design-team and for the help packages with the GNOME desktop
> > > folks. ;)
> > > 
> > > Removing eclipse-pde will free enough space to include both Xfce
> > > and LXDE and more, say Moblin/Megoo or Sugar.
> > 
> > I thought there was already free room on the dvd. (At least in f14,
> > the image was smaller than it had been in the past). They might
> > have added things in at the last minute tho. ;( 
> 
> Hmm, I didn't know that. The last time I suggested to have Xfce and
> LXDE on the DVD I was shot down and told...
> 
> > I did mention the idea of adding Xfce/LXDE to the dvd in the last
> > rel-eng meeting and was not immediately shouted down, so thats good.
> > Would you like me to take these above suggestions to them?
> 
> ... that I should do a proof of concept, so I should spin my own DVD.
> I did not have the time and the necessary documentation, but if
> someone is willing to do this and we have something to show to
> rel-eng, our chances are surely better.
> 
> Regards,
> Christoph
> 
> _______________________________________________
> xfce mailing list
> xfce at lists.fedoraproject.org
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce

> ... that I should do a proof of concept, so I should spin my own DVD.
> I did not have the time and the necessary documentation, but if
> someone is willing to do this and we have something to show to
> rel-eng, our chances are surely better.

I would be happy to help with documentation. Would I provide
documentation for Xfce/Lxde themselves or the whole concept behind
freeing room on the DVD to include these two?