On Fri, 2021-03-19 at 08:36 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19 2021 at 08:03:33 AM -0400, Chuck Anderson > <cra@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 12:39:41AM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: > > > size in bytes > > > 2049490944 Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-33-1.2.iso > > > 2001469440 Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-34_Beta-1.3.iso > > > > (What's with all the 4s and 9s in the file sizes?) > > > > 34 Beta 1.2 was: > > > > 1999503360 Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-34_Beta-1.2.iso > > > > I tested 34 Beta 1.2 on a 2000000000 byte capacity USB stick. I > > guess I'll have to find a 2GiB USB or waste a 4G stick for 1.3. > > > > The Release-Blocking Deliverables page specifies the max image size > > as 2.1 GB, which means 2100000000 bytes? Why 2.1 and not 2.0? > > It's 2.1 GB because last release cycle we exceeded 2.0 GB and didn't > want to remove anything. :P Realistically you're indeed going to need a > 4 GB stick unfortunately, unless we can identify something really big > that can be removed, which is doubtful. Package install footprints tend > to grow over time and when we were strict on the size requirement in > the past it eventually led to extreme measures that we don't want to > repeat, e.g. shrinking user help images to try to get help packages > smaller. > > Anyway we didn't increase the size limit to 4.0 GB because we still > want to keep an eye on the image size and ensure it's not increasing > too quickly. The difference between 2.1 GB and 4.0 GB may be nothing to > someone with a 2 GB USB stick and a fast internet connection, but to > someone with a slow connection it's huge. > > > It is confusing that both GB (decimal) and MiB (binary) are used on > > that page: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/34/ReleaseBlocking > > Yeah that's not great. We shouldn't switch between units. IIRC the reason is media sizes. Max size for a writeable CD is exactly 700 MiB (not MB). Max size for a writeable DVD is exactly 4.7GB (not GiB). 2GB and 4GB targets are considered as targeting USB sticks, which also tend to be in decimal units. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA IRC: adamw | Twitter: adamw_ha https://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
