Re: should we really avoid the 686 kernel image?
Hi,
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 04:12:41PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>
> Well, lets begin by exploring why it the 686 kernel is on the avoid
> list, then. :)
>
> It is on the avoid list because each kernel included in the DVD uses
> around 25-30 MB on the DVD. That space can be used to include a lot
> of the packages we want to have included on the DVD. We have to have
> the 486 kernel to get LTSP working, and we have to have the amd64
> kernel to get 64-bit installation working. As having an extra kernel
> that was not absolutely needed pushed out several of the packages we
> want to install automatically during installation which made the DVD
> kind of useless by not being self contained, I decided the packages we
> wanted to install had higher priorty than a redundant kernel.
>
Let's drop blender. It's about the size of a kernel and will hardly be
used in any school.
Andi
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