I'm just not going to take the heat for the 82 megabytes. It's really not
*my* fault that the EGCS people keep breaking their compiler. Actually,
this is part of why I'm switching to C.
Not clear that you really need 82 mbytes -- you can delete the xenv tree after you build that. Still, I agree it's too much. Also, compare these numbers to scratch-building a linux system and things start to look pretty good.
Still and all, I agree that the whole thing needs to get much easier. In the short term, I'm after a more modest goal than a first general release. I'm after a first release that the EROS community can use to build from. EROS is teetering on the point where I can encourage others to work on the code in good conscience. The networking system, kernel to C conversion are the two gating items, with graphics design and administrative interface coming shortly thereafter.
Jonathan