[Fedora-livecd-list] Trimming the size of LiveCD's

[ashok shankar das]

Tim Lauridsen wrote:

> Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
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>> Here's a thought:
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>> 1304 random packages will install 724 MB of data in /usr/share/doc
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>> I'm sure there is /something/ to gain here. If every package on average
>> installs ~0.5 MB of docs... Would it worth figuring out what docs should
>> be on the LiveCD in the first place? I guess removing everything RPM
>> calls docs is too much, as this will include man-pages as well.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
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>
> I think it is a bad idea, because many people uses the Live CD's to 
> install to their systems, and then they end up with a system

In my view LiveCD is meant for "on the move OS" It should not be 
installed to a desktop system.
Well there are many ways to put the content of liveCD int ot a desktop 
system.
If a desktop system is needed then a fullblown Fedora should be installed.

> without doc files, with no easy way to get the docs back on the systems.
>
> Tim
>
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