Bug 1312435

Summary:	[RFE] provide curl-minimal and libcurl-minimal subpkgs with a lightweight build of curl
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Kamil Dudka <kdudka>
Component:	curl	Assignee:	Kamil Dudka <kdudka>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	24	CC:	fweimer, kdudka, paul
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Last Closed:	2016-03-21 10:17:37 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Kamil Dudka 2016-02-26 16:56:30 UTC

The curl and libcurl packages, which are both required by dnf, have a lot of run-time dependencies.  I propose to maintain curl-minimal and libcurl-minimal subpackages obtained from a conservatively configured build of curl, resulting in a significant reduction of their run-time dependencies.  These curl-minimal and libcurl-minimal packages could be then installed as a replacement of curl and libcurl packages to reduce the footprint of minimal installation of Fedora.

An proof of concept is available in the private-kdudka-libcurl-minimal branch:
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/curl.git/log/?h=private-kdudka-libcurl-minimal

Comment 1 Kamil Dudka 2016-03-16 16:41:41 UTC

Proposed at the Fedora Devel mailing-list:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRSR5MB77LMUVX5HBMMD3AS4TTUEJ4XQ/

Comment 2 Kamil Dudka 2016-03-21 10:17:37 UTC

Based on the discussion at the Fedora Devel mailing-list, I came to conclusion that Fedora community is not yet ready for the proposed enhancement of curl packaging.  Feel free to reuse my work in the private-kdudka-libcurl-minimal dist-git branch once the political situation changes.