On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 01:43:09PM +0200, Mechtilde Stehmann wrote: > Hello all, > > Am 30.04.26 um 11:35 schrieb Sean Whitton: > > Chris Hofstaedtler [28/Apr 1:11pm +02] wrote: > > > I haven't done a full calculation but it seems we could save 1MB in > > > such an install just by deduplicating the copyright files. Someone > > > else may be interested in running the same analysis on different > > > install scenarios, say Live ISOs, Desktop installs, etc. > > > > > > With my src:util-linux maintainer hat on, I'd welcome tooling and a > > > corresponding policy change towards copyright file deduplication. > > > > Thank you for the feedback. Seems to me we can prioritise developer > > time by adding more licenses to common-licenses, then, with the possible > > exception of the AGPL. > > This exception of the AGPL means we will only add 120 KB instead of 150 KB > to /usr/share/common-licenses ?
In case my opinion counts: I think AGPL is common enough and will still save developer time if added to common-licenses, even if it's not present in the absolutely minimum Debian system shown by Chris. Thanks.
