[maemo-developers] busybox applet selection (again)

[From: Clarence Risher]

On Jan 2, 2008 7:04 AM, Eero Tamminen <eero.tamminen at nokia.com> wrote:
> As to bloatedness, there's an apt-hook installed on the device that
> removes the extra docs when a package is installed (at least man & info
> pages).  Developer could also run something like Debian's localepurge.
> Most of the package sizes can come from documentation and localization
> (which Busybox tools are lacking), sometimes also from extra binaries.
> IMHO the actual binary size is significant only in fairly rare cases.

Just my two cents...  I have a guide for setting up localepurge on the
770 at http://sparrsstuff.com/localepurge
It saves enough space to be worthwhile.

(sorry to Eero about the double reply)