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Re: lynx-dev bloating binaries (was clue)
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Leonid Pauzner |
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Re: lynx-dev bloating binaries (was clue) |
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Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:09:52 +0300 (MSK) |
23-Feb-99 00:22 Philip Webb wrote:
> 990223 Henry Nelson wrote:
>> ALL recent "features" should be off by default.
>> Definitely, all "features" should have compiletime options.
>> When something can't be turned off, it requires delving into the code.
> agreed here: have there been exceptions to this?
Do you have a list of "features" you want to see as compile time options
comparing to the current state?
Do you mean to remove most chartrans tables for CJK users or so?
>> Lynx is getting way too big.
>> Lynx is no longer a valid option on a limited resource machine.
what a "limited resource machine" do you have in mind?
4 Mb of RAM seems to be not a problem these days.
Do you limited with RAM, diskspace or other resources?
>> The real problem is that the code only grows. In the last two years,
That is an obvious consequence of adding new features
with keeping a compatibility.
>> I don't recall the binary being smaller than the previous one.
> my 2-8-1rel.1 binary is 1,45 M , 2-8-2dev.17 is 1,53 M (both stripped).
^^^^ ^^^^
that is 5% only - not so much difference, IMHO.
And I see 0.81 M binary here on Linux with the default lynx configuration.
> i don't understand why, tho' it seems to be chartrans stuff.
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- lynx-dev dev17 clue?, Philip Webb, 1999/02/17
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, posterkid, 1999/02/17
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, Henry Nelson, 1999/02/22
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, dickey, 1999/02/23
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, dickey, 1999/02/23
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, Bela Lubkin, 1999/02/23
- Re: lynx-dev dev17 clue?, Henry Nelson, 1999/02/23