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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:23, Eric Sandall wrote:
> If perl is going to be on the iso_root, but optional for install to the
> system, I'd say don't install perl by default and let the packages properly
> depend on it (as they seem to).
>
> -sandalle

perl isn't in the iso_root, it is a 40MB package, 27 MB being 
the /usr/lib/perl* directory alone. 

If we throw away the size limit then everything can be in the iso_root and 
CROSS_INSTALL can even be used to compile the packages to the native ARCH, no 
caches needed. 
But while we are trying to stick to the size limit I think adding useful 
spells/caches for install more important than adding bloated packages, that 
not everyone uses, to iso_root. Once again, discuss it and I will be happy to 
support the majority's wishes
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