The latest amd64 nightly desktop ISO is 730 megs

[Scott Ritchie]

Murat Gunes wrote:
> Scott Ritchie wrote:
>> In this case it didn't - I didn't even come across a warning.  
> 
> In http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20070914/ I can clearly see that 
> there are two files that end with .OVERSIZED; I guess the capitalization 
> is to draw attention to the fact. You could also check for the presence 
> of the file with a script to determine whether a particular day's image 
> is oversized or not.
> 
> You may want to file a bug in the ubuntu-cdimage product at Launchpad if 
> you feel the warning should be in some other form and/or made more explicit.
> 

Fair enough.  Done: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-cdimage/+bug/140049

>> Honestly it would be best if no image was made, rather than an unburnable one.
>> Nothing wrong with skipping a few days when the nightly isn't buildable.
> 
> Even though a VM isn't the ideal way to test, it's usable for many 
> testing cases, and the fact that oversized images are still usable in a 
> VM should be enough of a reason to keep building them.
> 
> m.
> 

This is a good point.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie