[Bug 958825] Re: Ubuntu installation footprint should be below 4GB (optionally)

[Colin Watson]

The footprint of Ubuntu is not up to the installer, and it is explicitly
out of scope for Ubiquity to perform any package selection.

** Package changed: ubiquity (Ubuntu) => ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Ubuntu installation footprint should be below 4GB (optionally)

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The footprint for Ubuntu installation has increased greatly. Ubiquity
  should utilize the screen where it says

  [HAS AT LEAST 4.5 GB available drive space]

  to make that size changeable by removing optional packages making it
  possible to install Ubuntu on smaller drives.

  Some ideas of "optional" packages. Some are quite large and I find that not everyone uses these:
  Libre Office
  Thunderbird
  Ubuntu-one
  Gwibber
  Empathy
  Rhytmbox/Banshee
  Gnome Games
  Totem
  Shotwell

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Mar 18 16:11:13 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed vga=788 initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120222)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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