Byobu no longer installed by default?

Martin Pitt martin.pitt at ubuntu.com
Wed Feb 16 10:37:35 UTC 2011


Hey Corey,

Corey Burger [2011-02-15 15:10 -0800]:
> I noticed that Byobu is no longer installed by default. Is this a
> conscious decision and is the size of byobu so big that its space is
> required by something else?

It was a conscious decision (we dropped screen), as screen/byobu
aren't that important to have in the default desktop installation, and
both together save ~ 0.7 MB. It's not a lot, but given our continuous
unfattening quest every bit helps.

Martin
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