Re: debian-cd size
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 04:46:56PM +0300, Alexander Velin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm hostmaster of one of the debian mirrors (ftp.uni-sofia.bg), and
> with the forthcoming new release and the problems we have with disk
> space, took a quick look at the size of debian-cd, especially the
> iso images part:
>
> $ du -sm 6.0.7{,-live}/*/iso*
> 40325 6.0.7/amd64/iso-cd
> 38925 6.0.7/amd64/iso-dvd
> 8527 6.0.7/armel/iso-cd
> 9615 6.0.7/armel/iso-dvd
> 40488 6.0.7/i386/iso-cd
> 39044 6.0.7/i386/iso-dvd
> 9041 6.0.7/ia64/iso-cd
> 9923 6.0.7/ia64/iso-dvd
> 8033 6.0.7/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-cd
> 9224 6.0.7/kfreebsd-amd64/iso-dvd
> 8072 6.0.7/kfreebsd-i386/iso-cd
> 9195 6.0.7/kfreebsd-i386/iso-dvd
> 8466 6.0.7/mips/iso-cd
> 9489 6.0.7/mips/iso-dvd
> 8357 6.0.7/mipsel/iso-cd
> 9412 6.0.7/mipsel/iso-dvd
> 417 6.0.7/multi-arch/iso-cd
> 4466 6.0.7/multi-arch/iso-dvd
> 11937 6.0.7/powerpc/iso-cd
> 9723 6.0.7/powerpc/iso-dvd
> 7763 6.0.7/s390/iso-cd
> 9129 6.0.7/s390/iso-dvd
> 23983 6.0.7/source/iso-cd
> 25895 6.0.7/source/iso-dvd
> 8505 6.0.7/sparc/iso-cd
> 9621 6.0.7/sparc/iso-dvd
> 4512 6.0.7-live/amd64/iso-hybrid
> 4586 6.0.7-live/i386/iso-hybrid
>
> I guess my question is, are there any official ideas to lower the
> required space for debian-cd ? Maybe limit the number of ISO images
> generated (especially for amd64 and i386), or consider having a
> preferred format (DVD vs. CD) ? Mirrors usually carry the necessary
> jigdo files for generation of images, so maybe only a couple of the
> first images will be enough ?
You could only keep amd64/i386 live? As far as I can tell, these are
the more popular architectures, and also the only ones I currently
carry on d.m.neology.co.za.
-J
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