Space Requirements (Dependencies)

[Douglas Summers]

On Thu, 2018-09-20 at 10:56 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> On 20 September 2018 10:44:05 Douglas Summers <ajgringo619 at cox.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Personally I prefer the Flatpak system - everything just seems
> > cleaner.
> > But how should I explain this to a new user that freaked out over
> > seeing 2 GB required for GIMP 2.10 when 2.8 was less than 62 MB?
> 
> This seems like a UX issue. Providing a breakdown of download sizes
> (for 
> example, "62Mb + dependencies" with a popover for full details) would
> at 
> least provide an idea of where the data is going and why.
> 
> //Mike
> 
> 
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OK - here's what the user got when trying to install GIMP 2.10 via the
Linux Mint 19 Software Manager: https://forums.linuxmint.com/download/f
ile.php?id=44035&mode=view