ISO Space Saving Ideas

["Teran McKinney" <sega01@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,

Not enough space on the ISO seems to be a big issue lately. I have some ideas to free up a little bit of space.

1: Split nmap package into nmap and nmapfe. I think that if most users need to use nmap they will know how to use the command line version of it, but we could keep nmapfe seprate in extra/ just in case.
2: Make one single kernel. Instead of having a SATA and SCSI kernel on the ISO we could combine them both into one with all storage device drivers needed to mount /. And AFAIK: the kernel package only contains a sata kernel right? The main kernel could also have ext3 modular along with a few other unnecessary built in options. I think that this would also help for more reliable kernel updates for SCSI users (since they are not builtin in the main kernel package?).
3: Remove all modules from the installer. This would allow for a smaller initrd, and you should not need any external drivers for installing anyways. If you could only install because certain modules existed on the installer, the install would be broken anyways. Once the user booted up, the kernel would not be able to not mount /. Also, if "Green Pill" is implemented, I think it would be best in extra/ (instead of using the initrd on the installer if that was already planned).
4: Move Bluefish, GHex, fbpanel, and xterm to extra/. IMO: I do not think that a general desktop distribution needs two terminals, two panels, a web development application, and a hex editor all standard on the iso.
5: Use LZMA? ;-)

Most of these are certainly debatable, but let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Teran (sega01)