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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GettextRuntimeSubpackage
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
== Summary ==
Subpackage gettext's runtime programs in a small runtime subpackage,
reducing the default install footprint.
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Sundeep|Sundeep ANAND]]
* Email: suanand(a)redhat.com
* Name: [[User:Petersen|Jens Petersen]]
* Email: petersen(a)redhat.com
== Detailed Description ==
Gettext is one of the core packages. Its installed on-disk size is
about ~6.1 MB. Extracting runtime utilities from main gettext package
into a separate sub-package will reduce the default system footprint
by about ~4.7 MB on most normal installations.
After the split this should look like:
<pre>
gettext-runtime subpackage
-----------------------
compressed size: 172 kB
uncompressed size: 749.6 kB
gettext package
------------------------
compressed size: 1.0 MB
uncompressed size: 4.7 MB
As gettext-runtime depends on gettext-libs:
gettext-libs subpackage
-----------------------
compressed size: 322K
uncompressed size: 933.7 kB
</pre>
Grouping of binaries:
<pre>
gettext-runtime:
envsubst gettext gettext.sh ngettext
gettext:
msgattrib msgcat msgcmp msgcomm msgconv msgen msgexec msgfilter msgfmt
msggrep msginit msgmerge msgunfmt msguniq recode-sr-latin xgettext
</pre>
== Feedback ==
* initial
[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
devel thread] floating subpackaging idea (April 2022)
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Space saving of about ~4.7 MB for typical installations.
== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** Add <code>Provides: gettext-runtime</code> to
<code>gettext</code>
[done in rawhide]
** Update the gettext package in rawhide to have the new
gettext-runtime subpackage, pulled in by the gettext base package
([https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gettext/pull-request/15 PR])
** File bugs against packages that could be changed to only need
gettext-runtime at runtime.
** Subpackage envsubst as a mini-subpackage of gettext-runtime
([https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2068556 bz])
* Other developers:
** Packagers who own packages that have a direct runtime dependency on
gettext (roughly 30 packages) and that actually only need
gettext-runtime can change their <code>Requires: gettext</code> to the
new <code>gettext-runtime</code> subpackage in Rawhide.
* Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/10836 #10836]
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Alignment with Objectives:
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Impact should be low: on upgrade both packages will get installed on
systems that had gettext installed.
== How To Test ==
* Preview test package is available from:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/suanand/gettext-runtime
* Test upgrades from F36 to F37
* Test minimal/default installs continue to work as expected
* Packages that depend on gettext continue to rebuild, install, and
function normally
== User Experience ==
User will see a new lighter gettext-runtime package and a gettext
package. <br/>This subpackage separation also corresponds to the
recommended packaging by upstream and Debian's gettext-base and
gettext packages.
== Dependencies ==
Packages which explicitly have a dependency on gettext need to check
if they only need programs provided by gettext-runtime, and if so they
can update their dependency to <code>gettext-runtime</code> from
<code>gettext</code>.
Only about 33 Fedora packages currently require gettext (whereas
almost 1200 packages have a buildtime dependency):
NsCDE backup-manager blivet-gui byobu debootstrap deepin-gettext-tools
ecryptfs-utils fontconfig gambas3 gnome-books gnome-common grub2 ibus
ibus-chewing kf5-ki18n libpst libvirt lokalize mate-common osmo
photocollage playonlinux po-debconf po4a poedit redhat-lsb rpminspect
sensible-utils sugar-toolkit-gtk3 translate-toolkit vdr vim-syntastic
yast2-devtools
== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) Package owners
to revert relevant packages.
* Contingency deadline: Beta freeze
* Blocks release? No
== Documentation ==
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=blob;f=PACKAGING
== Release Notes ==
A gettext-runtime subpackage has been added to gettext to separate out
the programs needed at runtime, reducing the default install
footprint.
--
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
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