Release Criteria for image sizes

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Mon Apr 11 18:10:54 UTC 2011


On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 13:08:11 -0500,
  Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us> wrote:
> On Monday, April 11, 2011 11:11:21 AM Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 08:43:00 -0700,
> > 
> >   Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Proposal: Alpha criteria stating:
> > > 
> > > The network installation image, DVD image, and live images for supported
> > > desktops[1] must meet current size requirements[2]
> > 
> > I'm flexible on the exact milestone where we start enforcing this, but the
> > proposal looks good.
> I would say that it be a Beta Criteria.  I think at alpha if they are too big 
> oh well.  but beta should be much close to GA so should be within the size 
> limits. the srpms dvd is 5.3G for Alpha, it was 4.9G in F-14 and 4.2G in F-13. 
> and i honestly think that the source dvd should be excempt from the size 
> restrictions.  since you can not use it to install a system.

I'd rather see a larger target size for it rather than an outright exemption.
I had forgotten that one though, and I probably should included on the
page where the info is noted. Probably something like 8 GiB for starters.
That should provide a sanity check, without hindering things in the near
future.


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