(sorry, first reply was sent privately, doing again to include list) Seems like you may have not considered the translations angle, so let me spin it another way...
If I adjusted where translations are packaged (put with -libs), so that the base 'exiv2' package was < 1mb (~200k uncompressed), would we still be having this conversation? On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 10:10 AM Vít Ondruch <vondr...@redhat.com> wrote: > 1) I am sure I never had any need to use the exiv2 executable and I would > be surprised if majority of Fedora users had different experience > > 2) I don't understand what else then space saving and e.g. optimization of > install media should be the reason for the split. > > But given that the split as well as the recommends are correct, then I'll > probably ask to remove the `exiv2` from the install media via kickstart or > whatever is the right way to customize the install media content. > > > Vít > > > Dne 13. 07. 23 v 15:45 Rex Dieter napsal(a): > > I don't see any good reason to change here. Mostly because the status quo > is already a compromise to leave the base package as an optional Recommends > (ie, removable). > > This is considering that most of the space in question here are > translations, that strictly-speaking, probably ought to be included in the > -libs package anyway. if those files were moved, the space saving for the > base package would be negligible. > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 7:42 AM Vít Ondruch <vondr...@redhat.com> wrote: > >> (now hopefully with correct maintainer email) >> >> >> Dne 13. 07. 23 v 14:38 Vít Ondruch napsal(a): >> > >> > Dne 10. 07. 23 v 10:38 Vít Ondruch napsal(a): >> >> >> >> exiv2 >> >> >> >> >> > >> > So this is pulled in by exiv2-libs: >> > >> > >> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/exiv2/blob/rawhide/f/exiv2.spec#_53-58 >> > >> > I am not sure I agree with the comment `# not strictly required, but >> > convenient and expected`. But I think dependencies like this should be >> > reevaluated at least in the install media context. This would save 4+ >> > MB of space. >> > >> > Or is the exiv2 maintainer (in CC) going to revisit this dependency? >> > >> > >> > Vít >> > >> >
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