On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 14:19 -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
> 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
> > 
> 
> BTW, I did look into this, that technology is currently Windows-only and 
> there aren't any plans to use it on Solaris (or Linux) from what I'm 
> told, though I don't have an explanation why...

Pity :(

-M

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