Review and update minimum RAM requirements in docs
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Current evaluation
Maintainer-filed docs task: docs still advertise a 4GB minimum RAM (release notes + Multipass tutorial setup snippets use `--memory 4G`) despite reports that tutorials are slow even at 8GB; value still undetermined and no fix landed.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The problem is still live in the tree: docs/release-notes/index.rst (template) and every release note from 3.4 through 4.5 state 'minimum of 4GB RAM', and the shared tutorial setup docs still run `multipass launch --cpus 4 --disk 50G --memory 4G` (docs/reuse/tutorial/setup_stable.rst and setup_edge.rst), while docs/howto/manage-charmcraft.rst already uses 8GB — exactly the inconsistency described. No commit in history changed these values (git log search for RAM/memory changes found nothing), so nothing has resolved it; a maintainer authored it and it is ticketed internally as CRAFT-4303, so it is a legitimate work item rather than stale noise. Actionability is only mid-range because the issue asks to 'determine what a more realistic minimum is' without proposing a value, so a human must first decide the new number (and whether to also align the 4G tutorial Multipass commands) before editing ~11 doc files.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
28
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
52
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keep open | Maintainer-filed docs task: docs still advertise a 4GB minimum RAM (release notes + Multipass tutorial setup snippets use `--memory 4G`) despite reports that tutorials are slow even at 8GB; value still undetermined and no fix landed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
19
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
70
|
keep open | Documentation update needed: minimum RAM requirements set to 4GB across all docs, but feedback suggests even 8GB is slow with Multipass. Needs research and doc updates. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
18
Staleness:
72
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
0
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needs triage | Task to re-evaluate and update the 4GB minimum RAM requirement in release notes and 12-factor tutorials, after feedback that tutorials are slow even at 8GB due to Multipass. Unlabeled, no human activity for ~13 months, docs still state 4GB. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Documentation lists 4GB minimum RAM, but users report severe slowdowns even at 8GB due to Multipass. Requires research into realistic minimums and documentation updates. Currently inactive for over a year with no maintainer triage or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Documentation lists 4GB RAM as minimum, but feedback indicates tutorials run slowly even at 8GB due to Multipass. Requires benchmarking to set a realistic minimum and update docs. Currently unlabelled and inactive. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Documentation lists 4GB minimum RAM, but users report severe slowdowns at 8GB with Multipass. Requires research into realistic minimums and comprehensive doc updates. Currently inactive for over 10 months with no maintainer action. |
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