Fedora 18 Beta to slip by two weeks, Beta release date is now Nov 27

[Kevin Kofler]

Adam Williamson wrote:
> It hasn't really 'skyrocketed'. We cited 512MB for several releases,
> bumped it to 768MB for F15/F16 (IIRC), got it back down to 512MB for
> F17, and it's back up to 768MB or 1GB for F18 atm because everyone has
> more important stuff to do than optimize the RAM usage right now. But
> it's not been rising crazily or anything.

These were the numbers for RHL 9:
http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads/RELEASE-NOTES-RHL9.html
| Memory:
| - Minimum for text-mode: 64MB
| - Minimum for graphical: 128MB
| - Recommended for graphical: 192MB
So, since Fedora has existed, Anaconda's memory requirements have increased 
by at least an order of magnitude! How's that NOT "skyrocketing"?

        Kevin Kofler