a b wrote: > > >> GNOME is bloat to those who don't use it. > > >> > > > > > > Could've been statically linked in. > > > > > > > Yikes! Are you suggesting static linking of GNOME libraries into > > every application!! > > No. I am suggesting that the GNOME-dependent installer be statically > linked, so as to reduce the unbelievable half a gigabyte requirement to > install Solaris to something reasonable, like a couple of megs.
That wouldn't actually help. In fact it makes it WORSE not better, static linking in the general case decreases sharing, increases binary sizes makes patching more complex and increases memory requirements not decreases it. -- Darren J Moffat _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
