Hi, Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> wrote (Fri, 4 Aug 2023 23:06:11 +0200): > Holger Wansing, le ven. 04 août 2023 21:03:38 +0200, a ecrit: > > So I propose to change chapter 3 values like > > > > Install Type RAM (minimum) RAM (recommended) Hard Drive > > - No desktop 256 megabytes 512 megabytes 4 gigabytes > > + No desktop 512 megabytes 1 gigabytes 4 gigabytes > > With Desktop 1 gigabytes 2 gigabytes 10 gigabytes > > > > > > > > > > I would propose to change chapter 2 > > like > > > > - You must have at least 780MB of memory and 1160MB of hard disk space to > > - perform a normal installation." > > + You must have at least 512MB of memory and 4GB of hard disk space to > > + perform an installation." > > > > > > > > > > Comments? > > That looks good to me indeed.
Now looking in the doc source, I see that the "780MB" value from above is architecture-dependent too. While 780MB seems realistic for amd64 to me, I wonder if the other values can be up-to-date: amd64:minimum_memory=780 arm64:minimum_memory=260 armel:minimum_memory=80 armhf:minimum_memory=190 i386:minimum_memory=485 mips:minimum_memory=85 mips64el:minimum_memory=345 mipsel:minimum_memory=170 ppc64el:minimum_memory=64 s390x:minimum_memory=44 In the most eye-catching case of s390x, my proposal would mean, to change the value in the guide from 44 to 512MB ! That leads to the question, if the new situation after my changing would be wrong, or if the doc was wrong in the past? And, if a generic value for all archs is realistic and makes sense at all? My current plan would boil down to the attached patch. Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
diff --git a/build/entities/common.ent b/build/entities/common.ent index 1e58745e1..94c20298b 100644 --- a/build/entities/common.ent +++ b/build/entities/common.ent @@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ <!ENTITY BTN-CANCEL "<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>"> <!ENTITY BTN-GOBACK "<guibutton>Go Back</guibutton>"> -<!-- notation used for 'megabytes' --> +<!-- notation used for 'megabytes' and 'gigabytes' --> <!ENTITY notation-megabytes "MB"> +<!ENTITY notation-gigabytes "GB"> + +<!-- recommended RAM size (generic for all archs) --> +<!ENTITY minimum-ram-generic "512¬ation-megabytes;"> <!-- minimum hard disk size for base system --> <!-- As measured just before reboot (i.e. before the cleanup script drops @@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ cleanup, plus minimal ~150MB work space included. Also update the value in debian-installer/build/boot/x86/f2.txt --> -<!ENTITY minimum-fs-size "1160¬ation-megabytes;"> +<!ENTITY minimum-fs-size "4¬ation-gigabytes;"> <!-- Size of install as used in appendix/files.xml; all values based on amd64. diff --git a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml index 10f074738..581e00fff 100644 --- a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml +++ b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ <para> -You must have at least &minimum-memory; of memory and &minimum-fs-size; -of hard disk space to perform a normal installation. Note that these are -fairly minimal numbers. For more realistic figures, see +You should have at least &minimum-ram-generic; of memory and &minimum-fs-size; +of hard disk space to perform an installation. Note that these are +fairly rough numbers. For more realistic figures, see <xref linkend="minimum-hardware-reqts"/>. </para><para> diff --git a/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml b/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml index eb36bb9ce..81f11f40e 100644 --- a/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml +++ b/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml @@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well as a desktop system. <tbody> <row> <entry>No desktop</entry> - <entry>256 megabytes</entry> <entry>512 megabytes</entry> + <entry>1 gigabytes</entry> <entry>4 gigabytes</entry> </row><row arch="not-s390"> <entry>With Desktop</entry>
