[indiana-discuss] Space considerations for the Live CD

[Shawn Walker]

On Jan 9, 2008 7:20 PM, ludo <ludo at dev.java.net> wrote:
> David.Comay at Sun.COM wrote:
> > While working on the resync of the Indiana repository to build 79
> > (which we hope to push to pkg.opensolaris.org soon), I've begun to look
> > at the new components that have come in since build 75a to see if any
> > are suitable candidates for the Live CD.  Here are the additions since
> > the initial prototype:
> >
> > ...
>
> > Some other obvious candidates that weren't available in time for the
> > October prototype are but which are now redistributable are:
> >
> > NVDAgraphics        NVIDIA Graphics System Software            14.65M
> > SUNWj6rt        JDK 6.0 Runtime Env. (1.6.0_03)            30.04M
> >
> > As for where we are space wise, I believe the current CD is at 659 MB.
> > I've attached a list of the packages on the CD and again, an estimate
> > of how much each is contributing.  I don't see any obvious candidates
> > for removal except for SUNWsmba which was pulled in as a dependency of
> > SUNWgnome-vfs.  I believe we can get back ~18M of space by refactoring
> > SUNWsmba and putting libsmbclient.so.1 into a separate package.  So,
> > given that the JVM is ~30M I would suggest continuing to leave that out
> > but include NVDAgraphics at this time.
> Hi,
>
> I know I am a Java addict, but when I see we use 80Mb for gimp
> (SUNWgnome-img-editor The Gimp image editor 80M) that I used once and
> then decided to forget about it, I would prefer a jdk environment (30Mb)
> (many developers/apps are relying on it) to an image editor (80Mb).

I would have to agree with this as well. In the grand scheme of
things, I think a fully-functional browser that can play the games
found on java.com, etc. or login to a banking website is more useful
than the GIMP.

Is there any way we can trim the GIMP down some, perhaps drop some of
the scripting interpreters for the Live CD, or some sample graphics,
etc.?

What about the Java runtime? Does it include documentation? Could that
be packaged separately to save some space?

-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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