mantic seeds

[fossfreedom]

Looking at the manifest https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/daily-live/current/mantic-desktop-amd64.manifest

perhaps a few suggestions to consider to "optimise" the UC's iso

1. Printing is now managed by snaps so these can be removed

    cups	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-browsed	2.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
    cups-bsd	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-client	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-common	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-core-drivers	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-daemon	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-filters	2.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
    cups-filters-core-drivers	2.0~rc1-0ubuntu2
    cups-ipp-utils	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-pk-helper	0.2.6-1ubuntu5
    cups-ppdc	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    cups-server-common	2.4.5-0ubuntu2
    printer-driver-brlaser	6-3
    printer-driver-c2esp	27-11ubuntu1
    printer-driver-foo2zjs	20200505dfsg0-2ubuntu3
    printer-driver-foo2zjs-common	20200505dfsg0-2ubuntu3
    printer-driver-m2300w	0.51-15build1
    printer-driver-min12xxw	0.0.9-11build2
    printer-driver-pnm2ppa	1.13+nondbs-0ubuntu9
    printer-driver-ptouch	1.6-2build1
    printer-driver-pxljr	1.4+repack0-6build1
    printer-driver-sag-gdi	0.1-8
    printer-driver-splix	2.0.0+svn315-7fakesync1build4
    system-config-printer	1.5.18-1ubuntu1
    system-config-printer-common	1.5.18-1ubuntu1
    system-config-printer-udev	1.5.18-1ubuntu1
   

2. firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu3 <--- don't think this transition package is needed

3. Need to investigate why these are being pulled in

    gnome-control-center	1:44.3-1ubuntu3
    gnome-control-center-data	1:44.3-1ubuntu3
    gnome-control-center-faces	1:44.3-1ubuntu3
   

4. gnome-games 1:44+1 .... this pulls in lots and lots of games - are they really needed? Maybe 2 to 4 should be installed

5. gnome-screenshot 41.0-2 <-- this has been deprecated upstream and doesn't support scaling.

6. Why are these being pulled in since cinnamon doesnt use them?

   gnome-session-bin	44.0-1ubuntu1
   gnome-session-common	44.0-1ubuntu1
   gnome-settings-daemon	44.1-1ubuntu1
   gnome-settings-daemon-common	44.1-1ubuntu1
   

7. gthumb vs gphoto <--- basically to apps doing the same-thing

8. The language packs are only really needed if people are installing without a network - removing these shrinks the ISO quite a bit

    language-pack-de	1:23.10+20230804
    language-pack-de-base	1:23.10+20230611
    language-pack-es	1:23.10+20230804
    language-pack-es-base	1:23.10+20230611
    language-pack-fr	1:23.10+20230804
    language-pack-fr-base	1:23.10+20230611
    language-pack-pt	1:23.10+20230804
    language-pack-pt-base	1:23.10+20230611
    language-pack-ru	1:23.10+20230804
    language-pack-ru-base	1:23.10+20230611
   

9. Little surprise to see these in the ISO

    mate-icon-theme	1.26.0-1
    mate-themes	3.22.24-1
   

10. This pulls in debian wallpapers - superfluous ? desktop-base 12.0.6+nmu1ubuntu1

11. synaptic 0.91.3 <-- and you also have gnome-software - so overlap here plus synaptic pulls in lots of old dependencies

12. huh?

    toilet	0.3-1.4
    toilet-fonts	0.3-1.4
    

N.B. germinate is useful to understand why packages are being pulled in

https://ubuntu-archive-team.ubuntu.com/germinate-output/ubuntucinnamon.mantic.new/desktop