Kam Leo wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Mike Williams<dmikewilliams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Joe Zeff<joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On 05/25/2011 10:44 AM, Kam Leo wrote: >>>> It seems that the installer files >>>> have gotten fatter and more memory is required. >>> >>> When I checked http://fedoraproject.org/ yesterday, it said that Fedora >>> 15 required 500 MB RAM; now, it says 768. I don't know if the Release >>> Notes have been updated yet, but it's right there on their home page. >> >> There are more details here: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682555 >> >> Mike > > After reading the bug report I can only shake my head. > > 1. The problem was known at least a month before the release date. true. > 2. QA feels that they're powerless to flag this problem as a show stopper. Get a better grip on the impact of this issue, there are few people using that little memory on their video cards, much less main memory. And the fix seems to require changes in many places and would need code freeze exceptions. The risk to reward ratio is very high on that. > 3. Release Notes have long lead times and are no longer suitable for > flagging important last minute changes in system requirements. Here I'm totally with you, with a month lead the release notes should have, and could have, been changed. If you report a bug you often get asked if you read the release notes, I think that implies they should cover stuff known a month in advance. In any case, you have your answer. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
