Re: Publishing raw generic{,cloud} images without tar, and without compression, plus versionning of point releases

[Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>]

On 6/6/20 12:11 PM, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 09:43:01AM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> On 5/26/20 9:26 PM, Bastian Blank wrote:
>>> Please show me this existing 512MB image you are talking about.  At
>>> least right now it does not exist.  The build log currently even clearly
>>> states how much space is used.
>> Sure! The latest genericcloud bullseye daily image:
>> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/cloud/bullseye/daily/20200527-276/debian-11-genericcloud-amd64-daily-20200527-276.tar.xz
>> Though *BULLSHIT*, it's actually only a 507 MB sparse file, not even a
>> 512 MB one ... :)
> 
> Well.  Sparse means that _all_ holes, even the ones that are required by
> the filesystem, are not stored.  So you are not likely to fit the data
> on a 507 MB filesystem.

You can continue to nit-pick, though the main point remains: our raw
images could be smaller.

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)