On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Am 23.08.2011 16:15, schrieb Alexander Rødseth:
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Sadly, as mentioned below, python adds >100MB to the environment (uncompressed), which we cannot afford. The current core-dual image is 673MB, and we'd like to keep that below 700MB for compatibility with CDs.
Although, we could make the point that 1) You can burn the image onto a DVD, which is not much more expensive than a CD nowadays. 2) Most people will put it on USB anyway.
So the 700MB limit could possibly be dropped - what is everyone's opinion on that?
The only problem with images >700 MB is that while DVDs are about the same price as CDs, not every computer has a DVD-burner and many can't even read DVDs because they have a CD-only drive (e.g. many 5yo notebooks). I think a 2 GB limit for dual-arch or some kind of a "full" (as opposed to base and netinstall) image is sensible.