Size limits for images in xenial and beyond?

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 12:09:25PM +0200, Philip Muskovac wrote:

> for Kubuntu please set the Limit to 2GB. We would like to stick to ~1.5 for
> the time being to save people from downloading too much, but we don't need
> the warning for that.

> The email notifications can stay as they are for now.

Limit updated, thanks.

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> Am 02.05.2016 um 02:35 schrieb Steve Langasek:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >It's been several years now since the last time the Ubuntu desktop fit on a
> >CD and we raised the limit for oversized images.  However, while we had a
> >roadmap for a few cycles for how to raise the limit gradually to keep
> >healthy pressure in place, we've gone past the end of that and daily images
> >have been reporting as "oversized" for quite a while now.
> >
> >This generates daily emails to members of the release team and cdimage team,
> >which then basically are seeing no follow-up because we know nobody cares
> >about these limits but no one has set new ones.
> >
> >I've finally gone ahead and bumped the limit on Ubuntu desktop images,
> >shortly before xenial release, to 2GB for a minimally-sized USB stick; this
> >gives us a new limit that I think we will care about, while also leaving us
> >headroom so we're not constantly fighting it back down to the line (current
> >images are ~1.4GB).
> >
> >But Ubuntu Desktop is not the only image that's oversized according to the
> >stated limits - there are lots of others (see attached mail).  As all of
> >these images have been released with 16.04, it's clear that these limits
> >aren't important to the owners of those products either.
> >
> >Can I ask flavor leads to please reply to this email and answer two
> >questions:
> >
> >   - What should the size limit be for your images, for 16.04 and later?
> >   - Do you want to be subscribed to the email notifications of oversized
> >     images - and if so, what address?
> >
> >For maintainability purposes, it would be helpful if we didn't have too many
> >different per-flavor image limits.  I'd recommend using one of the limits
> >already present in our checks:
> >
> >   850MB
> >   950MB
> >   1GiB (not GB - technically this means it doesn't fit on a 1GB USB stick,
> >     but who has 1GB USB sticks anymore?)
> >   1224MiB (? should probably be made 1.2GiB...)
> >   1.46GB (mini DVD)
> >   2GB (== 2GB USB stick)
> >   DVD (4590208KiB)
> >
> >OTOH those are some pretty big jumps in between, so if a flavor wanted to
> >scale in, say, 100MB or 200MB increments, that would probably be ok... but
> >please, let's not keep mixing MiB and MB everywhere :)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> 
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