Re: Why does Squeak 6.1 image grow by 5+ Mb simply as a result of starting a clean rc3 and saving it?

OK. The wizard goes away anyway if you hit the main menu and the welcome window disappears with a click. Apparently I missed deleting the Objectland project.

> On Aug 7, 2026, at 12:34 PM, Taeumel, Marcel via Squeak-dev <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The Wizard, Welcome Window, and Objectland Starter only materialize on first startup. If you save those, the .image will grow.
> 
> Best
> Marvel
> 
> From: tim Rowledge <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, 07 August 2026 21:09:20
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <[email protected]>
> Subject: [squeak-dev] Why does Squeak 6.1 image grow by 5+ Mb simply as a result of starting a clean rc3 and saving it?   Start an rc3 image.
> Skip the wizard
> Saveas {new name}
> Rc image -> 47.9Mb
> Saved image -> 54.0 Mb
> 
> Close the welcome window, purge undo records, garbage collect a couple of times, save, 52.3Mb. That doesn’t seem quite right.
> 
> Are we expanding a load of bitmaps and not (re)compressing them before saving? Importing a load of stuff on the quiet?
> 
> tim
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