Shawn Walker wrote: > 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? > Yes. The text installation is available if the developer release path is not chosen.
- Sundar
