Re: Bloat for bloat's sake

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 2 Aug 2026 at 21:53, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Our installed /etc/services file is 3.4MB.  Debian's is 13K.  Stripping
> ours down to fields 1 and 2 gets it to 213K, which I still want to make
> smaller for embedded use, but... ouch!

Even stripping it down to field 1 & 2 and the first part of the comment,

fs-qos             41111/tcp    # Foursticks QoS Protocol

plus trimming comment lines from the main section, and space to tabs
gets it down to 504k

But... there are just too many lines - I'd be happy to see it drop to
fields 1 & 2 plus a link to
https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml
in the top comments, or even to something very slim such as
Debian/Ubuntu

David