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Re: [PATCH] Update the estimate of the size of installing everything


On 22/05/2015 00:44, David Stacey wrote:
On 21/05/2015 17:44, Jon TURNEY wrote:
Update the estimate of the size of installing everything from
"hundreds of
megabytes" to "tens of gigabytes", just in case someone should think
it's a
good idea with contemporary hard disk sizes:)

Slightly off topic, but I can give you some real numbers if you're
interested: x86_64 is the larger of the two installs, weighing in at
44.45 GB with just over 750,000 files - and growing all the time.
Obviously, that's not installed on an SSD...

Thanks. But being precise here just means it will get out of date faster :)

On reflection, I think I'd prefer just to delete that sentence. Nearly always, installing everything is not a good idea, so mentioning the possibility before mentioning you should install what you need doesn't really help.


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