On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, David Hare wrote:
> It should not be difficult to create a new "TDE-light" metapackage.
> Trouble is identifying  the existing "metapackages" responsible for the
> bloat, which has always been a downside of KDE. I spent quite a bit of
> time on that, the aim was functionality without bloat.
> 
> Previous discussion on this subject (mailing list archive):  "minimal
> trinity installation (14 Nov 2011 12:19:22)"
> http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/?0:201111
> Not much interest at that time.
> 
> This is my current package list for a "TDE Light" but quite functional
> (as opposed to minimal, which just kdebase will do). It will give a
> Squeeze installation of little over 2GB. It is what I used for the Exe
> GNU/Linux +TDE live-cd, which squashed to under 700MB.
> 
> I stripped out all the unnecessary metas I could find and started
> looking at unnecessary deps and recommends of some packages (e.g.
> kaffeine, soundkonverter)
> 
> Remove any you don't want, but watch out that what you add is not
> another monster meta. (and check what the "recommends" are)
> 
> ###########################
> 
> kdebase-trinity
> 
> amarok-trinity
> ark-trinity
> gwenview-trinity
> gtk-qt-engine-trinity
> k3b-trinity
> k3b-data-trinity
> kaddressbook-trinity
> kcalc-trinity
> karm-trinity
> kate-plugins-trinity
> kcoloredit-trinity
> kcron-trinity
> kde-core-trinity
> kde-i18n-engb-trinity
> kde-i18n-es-trinity
> kde-style-qtcurve-trinity
> kdeaddons-kfile-plugins-trinity
> kdeartwork-trinity
> kdeartwork-emoticons-trinity
> kdeartwork-misc-trinity
> kdeartwork-style-trinity
> kdeartwork-theme-icon-trinity
> kdeartwork-theme-window-trinity
> kdebase-kio-plugins-trinity
> kdeeject-trinity
> kdegraphics-kfile-plugins-trinity
> kdelibs-trinity
> kdelibs-data-trinity
> kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins-trinity
> kdf-trinity
> kdiff3-trinity
> kdirstat-trinity
> kdm-trinity
> libkcddb1-trinity
> libtqt3-integration-trinity
> kregexpeditor-trinity
> kget-trinity
> kghostview-trinity
> kicker-applets-trinity
> kio-locate-trinity
> kipi-plugins-trinity
> kmix-trinity
> knemo-trinity
> knotes-trinity
> konq-plugins-trinity
> konqueror-trinity
> konversation-trinity
> kpdf-trinity
> kpowersave-trinity
> kscreensaver-trinity
> kscreensaver-xsavers-trinity
> ksensors-trinity
> ksnapshot-trinity
> ksplash-engine-moodin-trinity
> ksvg-trinity
> ktorrent-trinity
> kuser-trinity
> kwin-style-crystal-trinity
> 
> --no-install-recommends kaffeine-trinity
> --no-install-recommends soundkonverter-trinity
> 

I don't see kmail, although I do see kaddressbook. kmail is the main reason 
why I use trinity....

cheers

ant


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