Space Requirements (Dependencies)

[Douglas Summers]

On Thu, 2018-09-20 at 11:21 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> 
> On 20 September 2018 11:14:18 Douglas Summers <ajgringo619 at cox.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2018-09-20 at 10:56 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> > > On 20 September 2018 10:44:05 Douglas Summers <ajgringo619 at cox.ne
> > > t>
> > > 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.
> > 
> > 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/downlo
> > ad/f
> > ile.php?id=44035&mode=view
> 
> Yeah, that's what I mean - the only figure given is a total, so it's
> not at 
> all clear how much of that is the app, and how much are the
> dependencies. 
> Most people won't care, but for those that do providing a breakdown
> via 
> progressive disclosure would at least give an explanation of why it's
> a 
> ~750M download.
> 
> //Mike
> 
> 
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Yes, I agree. I did compare the repository version of GIMP and the
Flatpak version, just for their download/space requirements, but I'm
not sure if it's a fair comparison:

GIMP 2.8.22	Download/Installed: 11.5 MB/61.2 MB
GIMP 2.10.6	Download/Installed: 73.0 MB/201.9 MB