2014-12-17 0:45 GMT+01:00, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au>: > Allegedly, on or about 16 December 2014, Chris Murphy sent: >> Android 7.61MB. This just displays them, there's no creation or >> modification as far as I'm aware. So it's possible most of the code >> complexity is in the creation and modification. >> >> The point is that as any software becomes more capable it necessarily >> gets bigger. It gets more capable because more people are using, >> supporting, and coding it. And users are continuously asking for new >> features and that means it's going to get bigger. >> >> So I'm suggesting any successful PDF creator/modifier is going to be a >> big binary. > > But when one application gets as big as an entire operating system, or > even bigger?! I can't believe that a well designed application should > need to be that bloated. And it's only a document handler, not a bloody > virtual reality flight simulator.
I understand your sentiment, but acroread is probably as big as it is because it's statically linked (or so I think; I can't check it now). That's probably their only option, given that they want to stay distro and version agnostic as much as possibble. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
