Decrease the size of the Python distribution.

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The binaries have already been stripped and are built with -Os. The pure
Python libraries are compressed pyc files. There's probably still more that
can be done to reduce the overall size.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by damonkoh...@gmail.com on 29 May 2009 at 3:27

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Here is a data point.  According to settings/Applications/Manage, the size of 
python
2.6 in AndroidScriptingEnvironment-0.11-alpha.apk is 6.39 MB.  Added to the 316 
kB
size of the base ASE application, the total is then 6.70 MB.  That is really 
big for
an android app, especially on G1 phones that only have a few score MB to start 
with.
The newer devices have significantly more space.  E.g. "settings/sd card & phone
storage" on the Magic shows "available space" of 261 MB for me right now....

Original comment by neal...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2009 at 9:38

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I've reduced the size about as much as possible by moving all the pure-Python 
stdlib 
modules to the SD card. Further size reduction would require removing .so libs 
(which 
is surely still possible, though I'm not sure exactly which are best to 
remove). ASE 
with just Python installed now takes 4.35 MB of main memory.

Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2009 at 3:47

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I think the cost to benefit ratio of this issue is too high. Closing.

Original comment by damonkoh...@gmail.com on 28 Feb 2010 at 8:31

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