[Evolution] Bug#470361: Bug#470361: evolution-common: Package size has increased by 36MB

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On lun., 2008-03-10 at 19:17 +0100, Rik Theys wrote:
> Upon upgrade of evolution-common I noticed that the package is 45MB in
> size (70MB installed size). This is a major difference compared to the
> version shipped with Etch (9.5MB, 28MB installed).
> 
> Just wondering if this is normal.
> 
> Looking at the file list on packages.debian.org, the increase in size
> appears to come from the additional help languages. Any chance these
> will be split into additional packages, so the install size of evolution
> can be reduced?
> 
evolution-common 2.30.2-1 is now:

Version: 2.30.2-1
Installed-Size: 60792
Size: 28767500

so it's better than before. Now, maybe help files could be splitted to
an evolution-help package but:

- that won't happen before squeeze;
- I'm not sure adding yet another binary package is nice;
- people who need help will have problems installing external help
package

so if I split, I'll add a Recommends: from evolution, and I'm still not
persuaded it's a good idea.

Stay tuned, anyway (but don't hold your breathe).

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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