Re: [gentoo-dev] install CD bloat

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 19:34, Tavis Ormandy wrote:
> And we're not talking about a few megabytes here, we're talking about a
> few hundred K's, with USE=minimal my vim binary is just 400k.

The difference is a bit more than that when you count all of the
supporting files for vim, but that really is not the point I think we're
trying to get at.  The thing we are looking to solve is "Why do we need
an 80+ MB ISO to do installations from, when a smaller one can (and
should) do fine?"

> And if its that serious an issue, theres always upx :)

Which is an excellent suggestion.  Has anyone looked into this, or would
it not really be of any value due to the usage of cloop?

> > I'm sure there are smaller, vi-compatible editors out there suitable for 
> > putting onto the basic install CD.
> 
> im sure there are, but vi != vim.

Honestly, I would love to see 3 CD "sets" from Gentoo.  

1) An install CD, with *nothing* but the essentials to install.  It
should have maximum driver support and minimal anything else.  I would
think it should only have a stage1 tarball.

2) A "large" Live CD with the common tools and a nice GUI, this would
also be useful as a install CD, since it would have (at least) the
stage1 tarball.

3) The full GRP CD set with all of the pre-compiled packages and all
three stages.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Developer, Gentoo Linux

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