More LiveCD space optimizations

[Louis Simard]

2010-10-08 09:54 GMT Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu.com>:
> In the past we did see wasted space:
>
>  - Packages which should not be on the CD.  Some things should not be
>   on the CD at all.  Looking at the current live CD log, a typical
>   candidate for this would be tcl8.4. Why is it there, and how can
>   it be avoided?

foo2zjs made APT install that package.

$ aptitude why tcl8.4
i   tk8.4 Depends tcl8.4 (>= 8.4.16)
$ aptitude why tk8.4
i   foo2zjs Recommends tk8.4

I'm sure there will be other examples, though I'm not as familiar with
the LiveCD's packages as you guys at Canonical.