Hi,

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Sorry about the delay in dealing with this.  I've now committed:
> 
>       <sect1 id="f-Installed-Size">
>         <heading><tt>Installed-Size</tt></heading>
> 
>         <p>
>           This field appears in the control files of binary packages,
>           and in the <file>Packages</file> files.  It gives an
>           estimation the total amount of disk space required to install
                     ^^^

I'm not a native speaker, but shouldn't that be something like "an estimate of
the total..."?

Emilio


>           the named package.  Actual installed size may vary based on
>           block size, file system properties, or actions taken by
>           package maintainer scripts.
>         </p>
> 
>         <p>
>           The disk space is given as the integer value of the estimated
>           installed size in bytes, divided by 1024 and rounded up.
>         </p>
>       </sect1>
> 
> which hopefully addresses the various concerns raised in this thread.
> 


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