Is this really so important w.r.t. all the other things on the TODO? I would not spend any time on a marginal (1.1/88) reduction of installer size if it take mare then half an hour. We've got plenty of bugs/features/UI improvements to focus on.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 15:51, Sven Krohlas <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Heya, > > we should really try to reduce our Windows installer size. > It is currently at 88MB. I guess I was able to cut about > 1.1MB with the latest changes and some files to blacklist, > but there is still a lot to do. > > While we are at it this could lead to smaller *nix packages, > too. The 2.4.3 packages for opensuse have a size of 8.2 MB > (21.8 installed) and also profit from the 1MB (!) first start > jingle size reduction accordingly. > > So, what can we still do? > Generally: > * Check for unused images/icons again > * some icons look very similar -> merge them? > > For Windows: > * blacklist unneeded stuff > ** > https://projects.kde.org/projects/kdesupport/emerge/repository/revisions/kde-4.7/entry/portage/package/amarok-package/blacklist.txt > > According to TheOneRing more stuff could be found by extracting > the portable Windows installer and check what is not needed there. > It also includes KDE icons, many of those might not be needed for > Amarok... > > http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Download:Windows#Portable_Amarok_package > > For comparison: > * iTunes 10.5.2 (x64): 68.01 MB > * WMP: wmp11-windowsxp-x86-DE-DE.exe: 24.6MB > > * Clementine 0.7.3: 3.6 MB OpenSuse 12.1 package, 12.4 MB installed > * Tomahawk 0.3.3: 2.7 MB OpenSuse 12.1 package, 9.2 MB installed > * Amarok 2.4.3: 8.2 MB OpenSuse 12.1 package, 21.8 MB installed > * Amarok 1.4.10: 2.7 MB OpenSuse 12.1 package, 7.9 MB installed > > We should be able to beat iTunes, shouldn't we? :-) > > Any more ideas what we can do to reduce size? > - -- > Darkerradio Free Music Charts November 2011: > http://www.darkerradio.com/news/free-music-charts-november-2011/ > Klarmachen zum Ändern! -> http://www.piratenpartei.de/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk8BxF4ACgkQOOggGLjBlhZb0ACeP+jjK0v2BvocU6SdWF68HTFn > mEEAn2LjH0furthb2eoySOG8P0UGAFiQ > =olCS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Amarok-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
