Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

[drago01]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 17:07:28 +0100,
>  Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:57:50 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> > But our live images are already heavily size-constrained. There's definitely
>> > no room for multiple kernels on the KDE live image, and I don't think the
>> > GNOME image has any room left either.
>>
>> Was already discussed the requirement of CDs nowadays?  Even the oldest
>> computers already have DVD and I miss more a fully-featured LiveDVD 5GB spin.
>
> If you want DVD iso's to be over 4 GiB you should provide comments to
> the Spins SIG soon. There are concerns that DVD images over 4 GiB but
> less than 4.7 GB (which is what will fit on common DVD types) will cause
> problems for people using vfat.

Well the point is not the size of the DVD image itself but having a
liveDVD instead of a liveCD (going away from the 700MB size limit)