Why is the size of the MATLAB R2023a ISO image small compared to previous releases?

Why is the size of the MATLAB R2023a ISO image small compared to previous releases?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Beginning with R2023a, product documentation and examples are not included in the MathWorks Product Installer ISO nor DMG. Documentation can still be accessed inside of MATLAB if you have an internet connection. If you do not have an internet connection and wish to have access to documentation and examples offline, then you will need to download and install them separately:

Install Documentation on Offline Machines

https://mathworks.com/help/releases/R2023a/install/ug/install-documentation-on-offline-machines.html

[Bruno Luong]

9.2 Gb for windows offline documentation R2023A (EDIT)? Can't remember the iso of previous vesion is that big.

My R2022b (EDIT) MATLAB download is about 4.5 Gb.

[Bruno Luong]

Yes

[Bruno Luong]

I don't say anything about R2013.

But you can look at my screenshot of my loading Windows and you see it tries to download 9.2 Gb of the documentation iso file.

When I download R2022b week ago SW+Documnetation combo the size is about 4.5 Gb.

It is just odd to me that the documentation R023A is that large and there is a quantic jump from R2022B to R2023A so I report it.

I cancel the download since I don't want to waste the network bandwidth for now.

[Bruno Luong]

Ops you are right; sorry it was a typo, it should read R2022B instead of R2013x.

But still how do you explain the R2022B download file of the whole MATLAB + documentation size is 4.5 Gb and the R2023a documentation alone is 9.2 Gb twice larger than this size ?

I actually don't need an explanation, my principal intention is to report and hope whomever in charge of the iso at TMW to investigate.

I'm not sure my post lands to the right person or still lacks of clarity. Let me know if it is the case.