[maemo-developers] Optification breaks package on upgrade from non-optified older version

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Thursday 15 October 2009 12:21:54 Thomas Perl wrote:
> Another problem is the slower startup speed, which is really
> noticeable now. That's another reason why I would like to go without
> optification.

From what I heard that was also the reason why python (and Qt) are/were not 
optified, but apparently a choice will have to be made - speed or application 
space, but while speed is a 'should', application space is a 'must'. I wonder 
if some sort of optification could be done on the device itself, as in make 
it optional or a choice - this stuff I use often and I don't want it 
optified, while somehing else used rarely can be on /opt so it would not take 
up space on /. Not sure about the actual mechanism to do this, just thinking 
out loud.