[arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [configs/releng] Add four packages to live-enviroment

[Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi]

On 08/19/2011 10:36 AM, Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:28:05 +0200
> Thomas Bächler<thomas at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>
>> Am 19.08.2011 09:38, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
>>> big -1 on irssi. if you want to irc, you have networking, and you
>>> can `pacman -S<whichever client you want>`.
>> When your ISO is not very recent, pacman -S irssi will fail, pacman
>> -Sy irssi might screw your system, and pacman -Syu irssi will fill
>> your RAM. Why do you -1 this? It is 2.5MB (uncompressed) only and
>> adds no new dependencies.
>>
> well, those are some good counter arguments.
> My main motivation was image size, as we often have core dual images that go well beyond 700MB.
> Now we are a bit below 700MB, but depending on packaging changes the size sometimes jumps up and down.
>
> But like I said in my previous mail, I don't care, Gerardo should do what he feels is best.
>
> Dieter
>
>
Added irssi, should be available in next testbuilds.


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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
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