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Re: CD sizes again (and BoF reminder!)



On Sat, 2012-07-07 at 16:36 -0600, Joey Hess wrote:
> > - ftp, telnet: mostly redundant with wget and nc, unless you really like
> > cleartext authentication
> > - procmail: server
> 
> These are priority standard.

Which is not the same as being important to include in a desktop
installation.

> > - pcmciautils: PCMCIA is dead
> > - jfsutils, reiserfsprogs, ufsutils: obscure
> > - discover
> > - openssh-server: server, not desktop
> > - grub-legacy
> 
> These are all installed by d-i in various situations.

Many things are installed by d-i in various situations, and yet are not
on CD#1.

> > - loop-aes-utils: loop-aes is not supported
> 
> partman-crypto still installs this.

Seems like a bug...?  The package is orphaned and dm-crypt has support
for a compatible encryption mode.

> > - sharutils: obscure; we've had MIME for 20 years
> > - fakeroot, autopoint: more development
> > - mtools: obscure; FAT volumes are auto-mounted
> > - tcpd: server
> > - module-init-tools: transitional package
> > - linux-sound-base,
> > - gcc-4.[56]-base
> > - python2.6: 2.7 is already there
> 
> AFAICS, debian-cd does not explicitly include these, they're being
> pulled in by some other packages.

OK, but then we should work out how that is and fix it.

> > alsa-base, alsa-utils: rarely needed AFAIK
> 
> These are currently included in the desktop task.
> 
> alsa-utils stores mixer settings, so users are only puzzled by
> everything defaulted to being muted once, not every boot..
[...]

I know that.  But CD#1 is for the GNOME desktop, where PulseAudio stores
mixer settings.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Life would be so much easier if we could look at the source code.

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