CD image size recovery suggestions

[Matthew East]

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* Colin Watson:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:06:18AM -0400, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
>> Manu's resampling has helped a great deal (provided is still plays well 
>> on default CDs/installs). At this size I think it carries its weight.
>>
>> I propose we consider the book content for removal though, that's 
>> another 3-4 MB. That certainly was a Dapper special and it overlaps a 
>> fair bit with the installed documentation.
> 
> I don't have strong feelings on the subject, but that 3MB would
> certainly be good to reclaim if possible. This seems less obvious than
> resampling the video, so I'd like to wait until Mark gets back and
> weighs in.

I think this is a good idea. The book content can be integrated into the
existing desktop documentation, and as Henrik says, it overlaps with it
significantly.

The docteam has discussed this overlap many times, and a while back I
wrote a blog post about why having multiple sources of documentation on
the desktop is confusing: http://www.mdke.org/blog/HelpMenu.html

Matt
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