Agreed. For example, data packages could potentially install in /opt and then just create a single symlink for the corresponding /usr/share folder, instead of creating a thousand symlinks for each data file. This is what I plan to do with OpenTTD (before the extras-testing marathon hopefully ).

Large data packages could even go to $INTERNAL_MMC_MOUNTPOINT (/home/user/MyDocs) since their contents are not executable and as a rule don't require POSIX filesystem features/semantics.

If someone decides to do this PLEASE PLEASE put the data in a hidden directory (starting with a dot), so trackerd/MAFW/camera/media player would not try to use the files in there. Thank you.

Note though that this partition gets unmounted when the device is in mass storage mode (but that didn't represent a problem when we used to do that in Diablo ).

This can be achieved maemo-optify tool, just make sure that the data directory and package name are the same. It should be possible to force maemo-optify tool to symlink some directories to make it easier when package name is "package-data" and directory is still called "package".

I've got no space left on device, causing all manner of issues:

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs 227.4M 225.9M 0 100% /
ubi0:rootfs 227.4M 225.9M 0 100% /
tmpfs 1.0M 224.0k 800.0k 22% /tmp
tmpfs 256.0k 76.0k 180.0k 30% /var/run
none 10.0M 80.0k 9.9M 1% /dev
tmpfs 64.0M 4.0k 64.0M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/mmcblk0p2 2.0G 116.3M 1.8G 6% /home
/dev/mmcblk0p1 27.0G 1.7G 25.3G 6% /home/user/MyDocs
/dev/mmcblk1p1 14.8G 10.2G 4.7G 69% /media/mmc1

I just got the phone today. I installed a good chunk of apps on it, but I don't think I was excessive. Also, installing apps shouldn't use up the 227M of root I have, surely. Can someone explain if I've done something wrong? I have to uninstall some things because no free space == shudder.

Anyway, I searched the forums and google, and didn't find any topic like this for the n900. Thanks in advance,

-Josh

You've probably downloaded your "good chunk of apps" from extras-devel... oops! as they're not opt, that means your root space have been used.

if this happens i havent really been able to find a fix.

if someone screws up with the install of apps from extra-devel how do you clear them out?????? some dont let you uninstall and if you do it seems like the space is still taken up.

what do i type in terminal to see whats in there.

besides re-flashing

The fix is to uninstall some apps - this is why its highly recommended DONT download from extras-devel.

Now that being said optifying an app is really not that hard so perhaps us devs can make an effort to optify right off the bat,