From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22141 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2004 23:31:36 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 21 Nov 2004 23:31:36 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CW1BA-00012N-LM for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:31:36 +0000 Received: (qmail 22557 invoked by uid 89); 21 Nov 2004 23:31:36 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 11650 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2004 23:31:35 +0000 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1100797713.25786.6.camel@localhost> References: <1100732466.23254.24.camel@helen.science.oregonstate.edu> <1100787048.16897.21.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <1100797713.25786.6.camel@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-fKq5VdFNqTzSQNrqwl26" Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:31:19 -0800 Message-Id: <1101079879.27451.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4 needs testers X-Archives-Salt: 3b523d71-813e-435e-890d-d7fb3f702c98 X-Archives-Hash: f659acf73b913186e7f4d69099970022 --=-fKq5VdFNqTzSQNrqwl26 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 09:08 -0800, Donnie Berkholz wrote: > OK, here's some more info on minimal, pulled straight from searching the > ebuild for occurrences of "minimal": I'm pleased to announce that USE=3Dminimal now actually produces something usable. In fact, I'm writing this email from a USE=3Dminimal build. The full installation is 26MB. Updates for the latest version: 1. Only a minimal cadre of fonts are built. I think a quick command can show this best: donnie@supernova ~ $ du -sh /usr/share/fonts/misc/ 188K /usr/share/fonts/misc/ donnie@supernova ~ $ du -sh /usr/share/fonts/encodings/ 820K /usr/share/fonts/encodings/ My bet is that most (if not all) of the encodings can also be removed for a small additional savings. This compares with a typical customized installation with USE=3D"-bitmap-fonts": donnie@supernova ~ $ du -sh xorg-unpacked/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1/usr/share/fonts/ 21M xorg-unpacked/xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1/usr/share/fonts/ With USE=3Dbitmap-fonts (the default), it would be quite a bit larger. 2. A minimal set of clients is built -- enough to run `startx` and add new fonts with. 3. The video drivers (on x86) have been reduced to an absolute minimum, as discussed elsewhere on this thread. 4. USE=3Dminimal is independent of other USE flags, so people could potentially enable a minimal build plus TrueType fonts. 5. Where to find additional savings is unclear. Perhaps rarely used extensions or libraries could be avoided. Suggestions are welcome. Thanks, Donnie --=-fKq5VdFNqTzSQNrqwl26 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBoSVHXVaO67S1rtsRAppZAKDDdCbq4z2crn1VwU7mObkf//cw2ACgnGS/ BFVKZOQ1uX36j67Ra8zJ/3g= =zfK5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fKq5VdFNqTzSQNrqwl26--