[relnotes] [Bug 443694] Missing hard disk space requirement in release notes

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Summary: Missing hard disk space requirement in release notes


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443694


jjcogliati-r1 at yahoo.com changed:

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------- Additional Comments From jjcogliati-r1 at yahoo.com  2008-04-22 22:40 EST -------
Okay.  Believe it or not, I managed to read those paragraphs three times and
missed the "The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space".  How I
managed to do that is reading the first paragraph "The disk space
requirement*s*", and think, okay, I am looking for a list of different disk
space requirements, like back in the day of fedora core 3 (
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc3/x86/ )  Then I see the second
paragraph "In practical terms, additional space requirements" and think, okay,
this paragraph is about the additional space need beyond the listed amounts, and
head to the next paragraph.  The third paragraph is talking more about
additional disk space requirements such as for the home directories.  So, we
have three paragraphs 1) look for the disk space requirements later 2) You need
more than them to install 3) you need more than the requirement to actually
store your own data.   

A simple fix for this could be that the 9 GB sentence be the first one and drop
the "listed below":
"""The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space. However, additional
disk space is required during the installation to support the installation
environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of
/Fedora/base/stage2.img on Installation Disc 1 plus the size of the files in
/var/lib/rpm on the installed system.

In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as 90
MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an
"everything" installation. 

Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space
should be maintained for proper system operation. """

A better fix might be to leave the paragraphs as are and add something like this
to the bottom (I don't know the exact numbers):
2 GB minimum install
4 GB Basic Install
additional 2 GB Office and Productivity software
additional 3 GB Development Software
additional 1 GB server software
9 GB complete packages

So, I guess my request is to at least rephrase the section so it is more obvious
that 9 GB is the complete DVD install, and possibly add more size possibilities.

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