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

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

[Jon TURNEY]

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 :)

2015-05-21  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>

	* ov-ex-unix.xml: Update the estimate of the size of installing
	everything.
	* ov-ex-win.xml: Ditto.

Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
---
 winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml | 2 +-
 winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
index 75a0ff6..7459381 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ at the Cygwin web site.
 Another option is to install everything by clicking on the
 <literal>Default</literal> field next to the <literal>All</literal>
 category. However, be advised that this will download and install
-several hundreds of megabytes of software to your computer. The best
+several tens of gigabytes of software to your computer. The best
 plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either
 entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.
 After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
index c9371a9..469fef3 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ what is installed or updated.
 Another option is to install everything by clicking on the
 <literal>Default</literal> field next to the <literal>All</literal>
 category. However, be advised that this will download and install
-several hundreds of megabytes of software to your computer. The best
+several tens of gigabytes of software to your computer. The best
 plan is probably to click on individual categories and install either
 entire categories or packages from the categories themselves.
 After installation, you can find Cygwin-specific documentation in
-- 
2.1.4

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

[David Stacey]

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...

Dave.

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

[Jon TURNEY]

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.

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

[Corinna Vinschen]

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On May 22 14:38, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> 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.

Go ahead with whatever you prefer.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Red Hat

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