Mark Phalan wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:53 -0400, Dave Miner wrote: >> As we all know, the live CD has grown quite a bit since the 2008.05 >> release. I've spent some time analyzing how we're using the space and >> where the growth between build 86 and build 94 occurred, and worked up >> some recommendations. >> >> The analysis data is now posted at: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/cd_space/ >> >> The recommendations are posted at: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/cd_recommendations/ > > You mention that we ship java and that it is relatively large. I believe > that in an upcoming release of java (6u10?) there will be a way to > install a JRE with a minimal set of libraries - any additional libraries > an applet/java program requires will then be automatically downloaded at > runtime. This could save a significant amount of space. I'm not sure if > this will be released in time for the November release though. > > More info: > > http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javase/java6u10/#kernel > https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6u10ea.html >
We'll have to follow up with the Java team to see if they're planning to restructure what they deliver to OpenSolaris. It was on my list of things to check into, but at least this offers some hope. Dave _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
