On 02/03/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote:
> Peter Tribble wrote:
> ...
> > I have serious concerns here as well, which is why I asked about caiman
> > pulling in bits of gnome.
> >
> > I don't know about anybody else, but I regard the current memory minimum
> > as excessive. The 768M minimum for the developer edition ought to be
> > considered unacceptable.
> >
>
> If you're going to argue with me or anyone based on what you saw in the
> developer edition, then please just stop.  We didn't have *any* wiggle
> room there to make things do more than basically work because of the
> schedule and functionality dictated.  I hope I was completely clear in
> stating that we're assuming we'll still be in 512 MB once we're in a
> position to do some actual engineering.  And the usage of the Gnome L&F
> is basically non-negotiable from a Solaris perspective.  Other distros
> can do what they want, but we've got marketing and branding and UI
> design people to answer to; any argument there is a waste of energy.
>
> Dave

To be clear then, a console-based installation method that doesn't
require that much memory will still be available, correct?

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