Size limits for images in xenial and beyond?

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 09:12:15AM +0100, Martin Wimpress wrote:
> > But Ubuntu Desktop is not the only image that's oversized according to the
> > stated limits - there are lots of others (see attached mail).  As all of
> > these images have been released with 16.04, it's clear that these limits
> > aren't important to the owners of those products either.
> >
> > Can I ask flavor leads to please reply to this email and answer two
> > questions:
> >
> >   - What should the size limit be for your images, for 16.04 and later?
> >   - Do you want to be subscribed to the email notifications of oversized
> >     images - and if so, what address?
> >
> > For maintainability purposes, it would be helpful if we didn't have too
> > many different per-flavor image limits.  I'd recommend using one of the
> > limits already present in our checks:
> >
> >   850MB
> >   950MB
> >   1GiB (not GB - technically this means it doesn't fit on a 1GB USB stick,
> >     but who has 1GB USB sticks anymore?)
> >   1224MiB (? should probably be made 1.2GiB...)
> >   1.46GB (mini DVD)
> >   2GB (== 2GB USB stick)
> >   DVD (4590208KiB)

> I would opt for 2GB as the limit for Ubuntu MATE, although we aiming to
> stay well below that.

Done.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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