More LiveCD space optimizations

Matthias Klose doko at ubuntu.com
Fri Nov 12 18:27:02 GMT 2010


On 10.11.2010 10:00, Josua Dietze wrote:
> Now the Tcl language: I can see that it is hard to carry it on if there is
> only one system-related usage case. I will downright refuse to convert the
> wrapper into a binary for tranparency reasons, but I'm open to suggestions
> regarding other script languages that are expected to stay on the Live CD.
> Let me just say that I hate the Bash syntax, and I would use Perl only if
> held at gunpoint :-)

Both perl and python will stay on the CD.

> And on a grumbling side remark, the Tcl shell including the lib is 1.1 MB
> unpacked on my system. Oh well. I'm all for a Live *DVD*.

well, people are already shortening changelogs, so it's imo better to remove 
packages completely from the CD if possible. Is a port doable?

   Matthias



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