[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds (unbloated installer stage 1)

Wed Jan 25 21:21:40 CET 2012

I just joined this list - therefore top-posting rather than replying.
+
+Seeing the discussion on space on isos, I checked how much space 
+documentation files occupy on the alpha 3 iso: looks like there is quite 
+some potential for space saving. Some examples of bigger doc files
+
+gawk-doc         0.9 Mb
+lilo-doc         0.8 Mb
+javadoc-1.6.0    11  Mb
+javadoc-1.7.0    12  Mb
+python-docs       4  Mb
+qt4-doc         126  Mb
+and so on
+
+Some space can easily be gained by removing doc packages of low interest 
+(e.g. lilo, only one java version), much more could be gained by sorting 
+the doc according to some criteria (my suggestion: highest priority = 
+doc for non-advanced users who want to get a running out-of-the-box 
+system with basic doc; second priority = doc for advanced users/users 
+who do development and might have bandwidth problems; low priority: 
+things like kernel-doc which are normally used by people who anyhow have 
+made an effort to have bandwidth in support of fetching the code they 
+are working on, and who can easily fetch the doc packages from the core 
+repositories).
+
+A more radical approach might be to simply create an additional "doc 
+dvd" - move all doc packages from the present iso there, with the 
+benefit to have lots of place for offering some of the more popuplar doc 
+packages on a dvd - which presently must be fetched from the repository 
+(probably attractive for users with bandwidth problems). That would 
+immediately free about 180 Mb of the alpha iso (and avoid - well, 
+postpone - the headache which programme packages can be kept on the iso, 
+and which not).
+
+Juergen
+