Gentoo Archives: gentoo-accessibility

From: Robyn Dawn Hannigan <sonofthejedi@×××××××.nz>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] rfc: Accessibility on our release media
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 02:58:16
Message-Id: 1243047316.8774.20.camel@sonofthejedi
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] rfc: Accessibility on our release media by William Hubbs
1 Hubbs wrote:
2 > Part of the difference you are seeing, I think, is that when we install
3 > packages, everything is installed -- the documentation, header files,
4 > libraries and executibles. I don't know whether releng deletes parts of
5 > packages they don't need (such as header files or the material in
6 > /usr/share/doc), but if they do that would bring the size down.
7
8 Hubbs, they can remove whole directories, they routinely remove man
9 pages etc, they can add files to a list to remove if they have any ones
10 in weird locations.
11
12 If you're interested take a look at the old Catalyst 2.x manual i
13 mentioned. Perhaps if we can demonstrate WE CAN MAKE IT OURSELVES releng
14 will sit up and take notice and do it once we have done the leg-work.
15
16 i will help if there is interest.
17
18 HTH,
19 Robyn