size of /var in partitioning.sgml

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

Here is a patch to address the lack of a number for /var in
.../documentation/en/partitioning.sgml.

Thanks to those (four of you) that responded.

Here are some stats...
For a fresh install:
	N=5, mean=114M, std.dev.=103M, median=80M, range:31-310M
an upgrade:
	N=20, mean=347M, std.dev.=470M, median=176M, range:115-2100M


later,

	Bruce

--- /home/bsass/Desktop/boot-floppies.orig/documentation/en/partitioning.sgml	Wed May 17 13:28:24 2000
+++ /home/bsass/Desktop/boot-floppies/documentation/en/partitioning.sgml	Wed May 17 16:00:32 2000
@@ -114,9 +114,18 @@
 user, but adapt this value to your needs.
           <item>
 <file>/var</file>: all variable data like news articles, e-mails, websites,
-etc. will be placed under this directory. The size of this directory
-depends greatly on the usage of your computer.
-          <item>
+APT's cache, etc. will be placed under this directory. The size of this
+directory depends greatly on the usage of your computer, but for most people
+will be dictated by the package management tool's overhead.  If you are going
+to do a full installation of just about everything Debian has to offer, all
+in one session, setting aside 2 or 3 gigabytes of space for
+<file>/var</file> should be sufficient. If you are going to install in
+pieces (that is to say, install services and utilities, followed by text
+stuff, then X, ...), you can get away with 2-5 hundred megabytes of room in
+<file>/var</file>.  If harddrive space is at a premium and you don't plan on
+using APT, at least not for major updates, you can get by with as little as
+30 or 40 megabytes in <file>/var</file>.
+           <item>
 <file>/tmp</file>: if a program creates temporary data it will most likely
 go in there. 20-50 MB should be usually enough.
           <item>