Bug#1002717: Please break the big package into smaller packages according to the language
On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 12:58:32AM +0000, Amr Ibrahim wrote:
> Package: fonts-ibm-plex
Hi!
> For my case, I need only the Latin and Arabic fonts, but I have to
> install everything to get only those.
>
> So please, if possible, break the big package into smaller packages
> according to the language.
Could you please describe your use case? I don't quite see what
screen-equipped machines would care about mere 40MB. This stands in
contrast to embedded or containers where space might be at premium,
sometimes as low as 256MB.
But even crummiest stand-alone boards sport 16GB disk at the minimum,
making micromanaging space a pointless exercise.
On the other hand, an extra package costs _everyone_ ~1KB of space taken
by apt indices -- and this includes those small containers.
Meow!
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