Bug#242006: patch: localize short list of countries

[Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>]

Quoting Eugeniy Meshcheryakov (eugen@univ.kiev.ua):
> Package: countrychooser
> Version: SVN
> Severity: normal
> Followup-For: Bug #242006
> 
>    Attached patch adds localized short list support to countrychooser.
> Short lists are generated during package build and stored in
> /usr/share/shortnames/.

This patch did not trigger a lot of reactions.....except immediately
after its publication. We had a few exchanges on IRC.

Joey was concerned about the increased size of countrychooser. Below
are the facts:

Without the patch:
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 44080 bytes: control archive= 43192 bytes.
     349 bytes,    11 lines      control
    5248 bytes,   203 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
  172132 bytes,   294 lines      templates
 Installed-Size: 200


With the patch:

 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 44998 bytes: control archive= 43261 bytes.
     349 bytes,    11 lines      control
    5642 bytes,   223 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
  172132 bytes,   294 lines      templates
 Installed-Size: 260

I think you get the point-->Installed-Size grows up by 60kb which
could make the root floppy too big.

This is why I suggest delaying this change for post beta4.