Merge lp:~tom-gall/linaro-seeds/linaro-alip-on-a-diet into lp:~linaro-maintainers/linaro-seeds/linaro.maverick

[Tom Gall]

The intent is to decrease the size of the linaro-alip image, this change also helps other seeds that utilize the linaro-x11-base. asac had suggested the removal of the printing packages.

linaro-alip

remove: vim, chromium-browser, gnome-mohjongg, gnome-sudoku, pidgin

linaro-x11-base:

remove: bluez-cups, cups, cups-bsd, cups-client, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db, foomatic-filters, openprinting-ppds, pnm2ppa, ghostscript-x, hplip, ni12xxw, foo2zjs, splix, and pxljr

[Alexandros Frantzis (afrantzis)]

I think that we should also remove the cups-driver-gutenprint package from linaro-alip. Have you checked if removing all these actually save space? They could be included in the meta packages as dependencies of other packages.

Also, I am not so sure about removing pidgin. I think it is useful to have an instant messenger installed for handheld usage (eg pidgin or empathy).

[Alexandros Frantzis (afrantzis)]

And also perhaps we could remove simple-scan and any other related packages. If we remove printing, we might as well removing scanning :)

[Tom Gall (tom-gall)]

With this proposed change, the linaro-alip tarball drops from 519247536, to 415998121.

I like dropping the support for scanner packages as well... that'll be a different proposal.

[Alexandros Frantzis (afrantzis)]

That is indeed a significant gain.

What about the cups-driver-gutenprint package from linaro-alip, do we need that?

[Tom Gall (tom-gall)]

I do not believe that is needed either. Shall remove that as well.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

chromium-browser is redundant because firefox is also seeded; likewise, vim is largely redundant because we have vim-tiny already, which is intended to be a usable default editor without needing to pull in all of vim. This looks like a good start at trimming down the seed.

review: Approve

[lp:~tom-gall/linaro-seeds/linaro-alip-on-a-diet]

30. By Steve Langasek on 2010-09-27

merge from Tom

=== modified file 'linaro-alip'
--- linaro-alip	2010-09-08 10:39:29 +0000
+++ linaro-alip	2010-09-20 18:55:59 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  * totem
  * tsconf
  * usbutils
- * vim
  * x11-apps
  * x11-utils
  * x11-xkb-utils
@@ -54,20 +53,16 @@
  * (aisleriot)
  * (brltty)
  * (brltty-x11)
- * (chromium-browser)
  * (espeak)
  * (evince)
  * (firefox)
  * (gimp)
  * (gnome-accessibility-themes)
- * (gnome-mahjongg)
- * (gnome-sudoku)
  * (gnomine)
  * (ibus-m17n)
  * (jockey-gtk)
  * (notify-osd)
  * (onboard)
- * (pidgin)
  * (quadrapassel)
  * (screensaver-default-images)
  * (simple-scan)
 
=== modified file 'linaro-x11-base'
--- linaro-x11-base	2010-09-08 10:39:29 +0000
+++ linaro-x11-base	2010-09-20 18:55:59 +0000
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
  * (bluez) # base for bluetooth support
  * (bluez-alsa)
- * (bluez-cups)  # allow connecting to bluetooth printers from CUPS
 
 == armel ==
 
@@ -77,26 +76,6 @@
  * libsasl2-modules    # allows integration with MTA and login system
  * (avahi-daemon)      # some people do not like it, and it is not essential
 
-= Printing =
-
-Printing and printer configuration is a real weak spot in Debian, and in Linux in general. We will need to stay at the front of the curve here.
-XXX asac: proposed for removal from handset X11 linaro profile
-
- * cups                       # our preferred printer management infrastructure
- * cups-bsd                   # gives us lpc, lpq, lpr, lprm
- * cups-client                # gives us cancel, cupstestppd, lp, lpoptions, lppasswd, lpstat, cupsaddsmb, accept, lpadmin, lpinfo, lpmove
- * foomatic-db-engine           # integrate the foomatic printer driver engine
- * foomatic-db                  # the foomatic printer driver database
- * foomatic-filters             # converter from postscript to printer-specific formats
- * openprinting-ppds            # Most common drivers we want in desktop; less common are in o-p-extra
- * pnm2ppa                      # several ppds require this
- * ghostscript-x
- * (hplip)     			# support for HP all-in-one printers
- * (min12xxw)			# support for KonicaMinolta PagePro 1200W, 1300W printers
- * (foo2zjs)			# support for printing to ZjStream-based printers
- * (splix)			# support for Samsung lasers
- * (pxljr)			# support for HP Color lasers
-
 = GUI infrastructure =
 
 Packages used for X preconfiguration are just Recommends; removing them after initial installation should be relatively safe.