Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

[Jeremy Katz]

On Sunday, February 01 2009, drago01 said:
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Wes Shull <wes.shull at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Olivier Galibert <galibert at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 8Gb USB stick, which can hold bootable dvd contents, $15.  Your turn.
> >
> > So we're leaving the developing world to Ubuntu now?
> 
> They can/have to use the x86 livecd anyway for their older system.
> We are talking about moving the x86_64 live spin to a DVD.

The problem then is that there are more configs to maintain.  And in
point of fact, the x86_64 images were larger than CD-sized for a few
releases and there were more than a handful of complaints from people
wanting to use them on x86_64 boxes with only CD drives.

Jeremy