[mythtv-users] OS X: Bloated binaries

[Craig Treleaven]

Hi:

I think this first issue is a bug but I thought I'd check before 
submitting a ticket.

Each of the application bundles built by osx-packager.pl (.24-fixes, 
32 bit) are about 85 MB bigger than they need to be.  Each of the 
Frameworks includes 2 copies of the compiled code.  For example, the 
MythFrontend.app/Contents/Frameworks/mythtv.framework/ folder 
includes the 11.4 MB binary and then another copy in 
MythFrontend.app/Contents/Frameworks/ mythtv.framwork/Versions/A/.  I 
believe normally that there should be a _link_ from the top level 
folder to the binary in ../Versions/A/.

For the 6 application bundles I built (Myth[AVTest | Backend | 
Filldatabase | Frontend | TV-Setup | Welcome]), that is over 500 MB 
of wasted space!

I believe the files on SouceForge are bloated for the same reason.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mythtvformacosx/files/


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In addition, I notice that each of the application bundles includes 
virtually ALL the same Frameworks.  Why do mythbackend and 
mythfilldatabase have a dependency on libmythui?  In turn, libmythui 
depends on libQtOpenGL, libQtGui and libQtWebKit and probably some 
others and pull in at least 35 MB of code.

Also, I notice that libmythupnp and libmythhdhomerun are pulled into 
the frontend, mythfilldatabase, and mythwelcome.  I thought it would 
only be needed by the backend and maybe setup?

Are these 'extra' dependencies are unavoidable due to Myth's 
structure?  Is there any way to eliminate some?  It would slim down 
the apps quite a bit (making sharing easier) and it would have to 
speed up the bundling process.

Craig