Package: erlang Version: 1:13.b-dfsg1-1 Hello,
The erlang-base package is about 7 MB, which is very large for a runtime environment. This is an issue for using e. g. couchdb in an embedded environment, or shipping couchdb/erlang runtime on distribution CDs (which have limited space). In https://launchpad.net/bugs/385093 we are currently discussing to move the debug information out of erlang-base into a separate package (this could just go into erlang-dev, or into a new erlang-debug). We would like to modify the package so that erlang-base gets stripped libraries (with e. g. erts/emulator/utils/make_preload beam_strip()) and that erlang-debug would ship the unstripped libraries in an alternate preferred library search path. However, we don't want to do this without your consent/acceptance of the patch, since that would introduce a large incompatibility of reverse dependencies between Debian and Ubuntu. What do you think about the idea? Thanks for considering, Martin P.S. We are also discussing other steps to put -base on a diet: - https://launchpad.net/bugs/385120 : drop uniprocessor BEAM - https://launchpad.net/bugs/385095 : separating compiler We'll file separate bug reports after we discussed this one, and after we made some further investigations. -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
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