Can i delete my iPhoto library (since I have Photos)?

Now that I've upgraded to Photos, can I delete my iPhoto library in User/Pictures?  With Photos, it created a parallel (same size) Photos library next to my iPhoto library.  Not sure I want two of the same photos on my HD and backups (since the size is considerable).  It made my SugarSync go over its limit, for instance.  I know that keeping the iPhoto library enables me to click on it specifically and open up the photos in iPhoto (instead of Photos).  If I delete my iPhoto library, just keeping my new Photos library with the same photos and movies, will it be detrimental in any way to my seeing the photos in Photos?  Does Photos have any dependence on the iPhoto library, or is the iPhoto library just an archive at this point?  Thank you!

With Photos, it created a parallel (same size) Photos library next to my iPhoto library.
The size you are seeing in the Finder is misleading. The new Photos Library and the iPhoto Library are sharing the image files and each photo is stored only one, see: Photos saves disk space by sharing images with your iPhoto or Aperture libraries - Apple Support
Also: http://sixcolors.com/post/2015/02/the-hard-link-between-photos-and-iphoto/
You could delete the iPhoto Library and the Photos library will continue to work, but deleting the iPhoto Library will not free much disk space, because of the hard links from Photos.  I would wait a bit, before taking  this step and deleting the iPhoto Library.  Check your photos library thoroughly, before you delete if. 
If you should discover later, that the migration of your libraries has been faulty and you need to repeat it after repairing your libraries, you will be out of luck.
Remember, it is is just a few days after the first release of Photos as version 1.0.  There are very likely some bugs and I would not burn all bridges before the library has been thoroughly tested and you are very confident, that this early Photos release is working well on your Mac.

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