Size limits for images in xenial and beyond?

[JMZ]

Hi, (sorry never posted here)

I don't really see what's wrong with >2GB images.  8GB and 16GB flash 
drives can be easily got for $5-$10 usd at the most, even free (promos, 
swag, etc).  It's not an undue burden to expect users to find a thumb 
drive to load up an ubuntu flavor.  Much ado, methinks.

Jordan


On 05/02/2016 03:26 AM, Tim wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On 02/05/16 13:28, Steve Langasek wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 12:30:06PM +1000, Tim wrote:
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>     Ubuntu GNOME decided a while back that our hard size limit would be to
>>> fit on a 2GB usb stick, and just aim internally not to unnecessarily bloat
>>> the images.  We just never got around to getting the limits officially
>>> bumped up.
>> Ok, so this supersedes the previous limit of 1GiB that's currently encoded?
>> Should this 2GB limit be retroactive for trusty point release images, as
>> well?  (Not currently needed, the trusty dailies are < 1GiB)
> Yes, please update the image limits to 2GB for Xenial and Yakkety. I think we can leave the trusty limit as is, and deal with it at the point
> release time if it sneaks over with the new HWE stack.
>>> I don't think we need to be subscribed to oversize emails, the oversized
>>> warnings are displayed in enough places, that it would be hard to miss.
>> So that means these warnings weren't missed? :)
>>
>> ubuntu-gnome/daily-live: yakkety-desktop-amd64.iso oversized by 173490176 bytes (1247232000)
>> ubuntu-gnome/daily-live: yakkety-desktop-i386.iso oversized by 206749696 bytes (1280491520)
> Not missed, no. I have been aware that our images have been oversized since Vivid, that was why we discussed amongst our team increasing the
> size limits, during the Wily cycle. Many of the flavour images have been marked oversize since around that time also, so never really considered
> it a priority to get fixed properly! I would also say its incredibly unlikely we would accidentally exceed 2GB, with or without accurate warnings.
>> Thanks,
>