On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 11:35:52AM +0000, Wookey wrote: > > >Can you show me that again - how come splitting into loads of locale > > >packages ends up with less space taken up than the original. Do you > > >mean that the extra locale overhead is less than the size of the docs > > >and examples we missed out? > > > > Yes - at the repository the difference can be relatively small. The > > *big* gain comes for the user. By specifying their locale, as normal, > > in the installation, only a few (or just one) translation package needs > > to be installed per binary package. This compares to Debian where if a > > package contains dozens translations, the user has no real option but > > to install all of them. > > [there is a package which installs an apt-hook to throw away the ones > you didn't wnat, but this is just an aside]
It's called localepurge. I use it myself. The only downsides are that you have to initially install the big package, and then the cruft is removed, and if you later want to install a second locale, you need to reinstall all those packages. Upside: less work, and fewer packages in the archive. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
