[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #950: mini iso too big to fit into a 4GB USB stick

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#950: mini iso too big to fit into a 4GB USB stick
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 Reporter:  kalxas   |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  blocker  |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive6.0RC1          
Component:  LiveDVD  |    Keywords:  6.0                      
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Comment(by kalxas):

 Replying to [comment:1 hamish]:
 > rasdaman left behind a number of -dev packages in beta3, hopefully that
 is fixed now.
 >
 >
 > here's a conundrum: Things like QGIS, GRASS, and R have extension/addon
 managers to install extra packages. At least in the case of GRASS and R
 these can be compiled modules, which in turn can depend on having libproj-
 dev and libgdal(1)-dev installed.
 >
 > Especially libgdal(1)-dev sucks in a whole host of other -dev pkg
 dependencies, all of which take up some room of their own.
 >
 > We do ship libc6-dev and gcc etc to allow the disc to be generally used
 for e.g. stuck-in-an-airport development and further customization.
 >
 >
 > The addon extensions can make up a significant part of the community
 ecosystem. Do we get rid of all the geo-dev pacakges and save some disc
 space, or do we keep them, allow the building of addons, and try to
 recover the disc space elsewhere?
 >
 >
 > ?,
 > Hamish

 I think it is useful to have development packages installed but perhaps
 those could be removed only for iso, since I don't think anyone would try
 to compile something from a live boot...

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/950#comment:4>
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