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The information provided for Snap/FlatPak packages is confusing and
should be improved.
For example, the Flatpak Developer Demo currently shows the following
information
Download Size = 918.1 MB
Installed Size = 257.5 KB
This is inconsistent and confusing. For my case, it led me to thinking
there was something wrong with Snap/flatpak packages. Why are they so
huge! Then I had to do some research.
It's my understanding this is due to possibly having to download and
install a 'runtime' along with the application. Please correct me if my
understanding is incorrect. In this case, as I don't have many flatpak
runtimes, the huge download size is probably to download the runtimes.
If I download another flatpak using the same runtime, the download size
would be much smaller as it would not need to redownload the runtime But
the install size is also not really 257.5 KB, as it is also going to
install a huge runtime. The reason why we're listing installed size is
to give an idea of how much disk space is going to be used anyways.
Proposed resolutions
1. Separate out application and runtimes in the display
a. Download Size = 200 KB, 900 MB runtime
b. Installed Size = 257.5 KB, 900 MB runtime
2. Have both items include the runtime
a. Download Size = 918.1 MB
b. Installed Size = 918.2 MB
3. Have both a total and a breakdown
a. Download Size = 918.1 MB ( 200KB application, 900 MB runtime)
b. Installed Size = 918.2 MB ( 257.5 KB application, 900 MB runtime)
4. Separate out the runtimes as a dependency or something like that
a. Download Size = 200 KB
b. Installed Size = 257.2 KB
This option is confusing as it would not give a good indicator of how long
the download would be. But maybe there is a better way overall to handle
dependencies like this in software center, so I just threw this in as an option
** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Snap/Flathub Download Size is confusing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854376
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