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I still think we should keep any software package as small as possible, especially in terms of RAM consumption. Now the packages generally distributed usually contain as much functionality as possible without much attention paid to memory usage.

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I don't see where making use of standard package formats leads to increased harddisk and RAM usage. If somebody is going to develop a software package for the Empeg, the package is just a way of transferring it to the Empeg and installing it there. No penalties in resource consumption at all. The only thing that a Debian package leaves behind is an entry in a database so dpkg knows how to handle different versions.

Plus, using standard package formats will allow us to use well-proven tools. I'd really dislike to go the "old school way" and re-invent the wheel for everything.

Till