On Mon, 2012-06-04 at 12:37 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 01:12:34PM +0930, Jason Warner wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Steve Langasek > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > It is certainly my understanding that the Ubuntu DVD image is to be > > > dropped > > > this cycle in favor of a single bigger-than-CD image (the desktop image). > > > Since there wasn't a session for this at UDS however, I'm not certain if > > > this got blueprinted or if there is indeed agreement that this is the way > > > we're going. Cc:ing Jason for comment - Jason, is there a blueprint > > > regarding what desktop images we'll have for 12.10? > > > There is no blueprint. The thought is to move to a single USB based image > > of around 800MB size limit. > > Looks like we have this blueprint now, courtesy of Seb: > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-q-one-iso-for-q > > FWIW, the historical discussions of how we would size the no-longer-CD > images took place around this blueprint/UDS session: > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-o-great-cd-debate > > I was hoping to find information there about the intended timeline for > ratcheting up the limit; unfortunately that doesn't seem to be captured in > the whiteboard, possibly because it was overshadowed by the discussion of > shrinking the DVD. > > Anyway, I bring this up because the hallway discussion at the latest UDS > seemed to converge on 750MiB (== 786MB) for the image size for 12.10, after > noting that 750MB is not much greater than our current 736MB. But > effectively that's just kicking the can down the road a cycle, since we > would have the same question going from 786MB to 800MB. > > The question is, over the long term does it make more sense to have images > sized in MiB or MB? Is a 1GB USB stick really 1GB, or is it 1GiB? Or does > this even matter, given that a) we want free space for persistence on a > typical USB stick, and b) 1GB USB sticks are increasingly rare because of > how small they are? > > I'm personally fine with either 800MB or 750MiB (786MB) as a target for this > cycle, I just want to make sure we understand our trajectory for future > releases and that the limit in quantal makes sense as a point on that > trajectory.
I'd rather see us go to 800MB and give us some breathing room to experiment with this new form factor, now that we've made the decision to not use CDs. Kate -- Ubuntu-release mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release
