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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: Change proposal discussion - Optimize SquashFS Size
From:       David Cantrell <dcantrell () redhat ! com>
Date:       2020-02-06 20:38:17
Message-ID: 20200206203817.GH433294 () awvr ! bss ! redhat ! com
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On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 01:21:33PM +0100, Kamil Paral wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 5:55 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> wrote:
>
>> So, I propose:
>> reduce install time
>> reduce image size
>> reduce compose time
>>
>> is the order we should put them in
>
>
>I very much agree with this. The official compose gets done just once,
>lowest priority (Note that most tested configurations actually decrease the
>compose time, or increase slightly, but nothing major). The image size is
>important, so that stuff fits on a flash drive. But the proposed changes
>differ in just a few percent increase or decrease. That is not a major
>change in any way. On the other hand, the install time differences *are*
>major - we can have 30-40% reduction in install time. You can argue that
>install gets done just once and is also not an important factor. That is
>true, for a standard user. But there are areas where hundreds of
>installation are performed each day, and such a big reduction really
>matters. Of course, my job, QA, is one of those areas. CI is another. Any
>third party vendor-related testing can be impacted in the same way. The
>more we steer towards automated testing and continuous integration, the
>more important the compose time and installation time will be. And because
>usually you do many installations from a single compose, the installation
>time is the more important one.

All reasonable points.  Thank you both for the feedback.

-- 
David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com>
Red Hat, Inc. | Boston, MA | EST5EDT
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