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Status: New => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854376
Title:
Flathub Download Size is confusing
Status in GNOME Software:
Fix Released
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
The information provided for Snap/FlatPak packages is confusing and
should be improved.
For example, the Flatpak Developer Demo currently shows the following
information
Download Size = 918.1 MB
Installed Size = 257.5 KB
This is inconsistent and confusing. For my case, it led me to thinking
there was something wrong with Snap/flatpak packages. Why are they so
huge! Then I had to do some research.
It's my understanding this is due to possibly having to download and
install a 'runtime' along with the application. Please correct me if
my understanding is incorrect. In this case, as I don't have many
flatpak runtimes, the huge download size is probably to download the
runtimes. If I download another flatpak using the same runtime, the
download size would be much smaller as it would not need to redownload
the runtime But the install size is also not really 257.5 KB, as it is
also going to install a huge runtime. The reason why we're listing
installed size is to give an idea of how much disk space is going to
be used anyways.
Proposed resolutions
1. Separate out application and runtimes in the display
a. Download Size = 200 KB, 900 MB runtime
b. Installed Size = 257.5 KB, 900 MB runtime
2. Have both items include the runtime
a. Download Size = 918.1 MB
b. Installed Size = 918.2 MB
3. Have both a total and a breakdown
a. Download Size = 918.1 MB ( 200KB application, 900 MB runtime)
b. Installed Size = 918.2 MB ( 257.5 KB application, 900 MB runtime)
4. Separate out the runtimes as a dependency or something like that
a. Download Size = 200 KB
b. Installed Size = 257.2 KB
This option is confusing as it would not give a good indicator of how
long the download would be. But maybe there is a better way overall to handle
dependencies like this in software center, so I just threw this in as an option
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