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The default build includes debug symbols and is statically linked. If you strip symbols that's what takes you down to 8MB or so. If you want to go down further than that you should dynamically link against system libraries.

FWIW, we haven't really focused very much on the build/package/install side of things. I'm hoping the community can help out there. Different deployments are going to need different kinds of compiles.

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cc @enricoschiattarella @louiscryan I think you are already probably thinking about ^^^ not sure if you have any thoughts.

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Hi Matt,

thank you for your feedback !

Agree, different deployment scenarios has different requirements. I also like the static linking approach, to keep things consistent and independent.

At least for my usecase the "strip" approach fine, but evtl. a kind of "included" solution will be better.

Cheers,
jj

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I think statically linked is important as if you wanted to run in a Docker container you could in theory create a minimal image using from scratch. I haven't tested this yet.

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yes, this is exactly what I;m doing and therefore the dynamic approach will not work. Also such a critical component should be self-contained.

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At the very least we can put in a cmake option to strip debug symbols. That is easy to do.

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