>> Matthew Miller (mat...@fedoraproject.org) said: >> > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:19:03PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: >> > > But hey, I don't need to install packages or want python! >> > > systemd+ util-linux + bash + initscripts + passwd: >> > > Install 6 Packages (+108 Dependent packages) >> > > Total download size: 94 M >> > > Installed size: 401 M >> > >> > Of which one quarter is the kernel and the other quarter is glibc >> > locale support, right? >> >> Or more: >> >> 122659574 kernel >> 117821428 glibc-common >> 35623360 linux-firmware >> 14233540 coreutils >> 13845828 glibc > > I wonder... could we make linux-firmware optional? > > I would expect many virt env's don't need any firmware to work... > (but of course I could be wrong).
It use to be optional, I know on the olpc xo-1 it use to be optional and there should be no firmware needed for an average VM. I'd also love to see it broken down for various profiles because most desktops don't need enterprise storage controllers, most servers don't need wifi and most ARM platforms don't need most of the stuff in there but do need a few ARM only firmware packages. Peter -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
