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Make it possible to generate only the distribution files that are actually wanted
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We added a ton of icons and split them into a bunch of CSS files, and now with the RTL/LTR variants and the regular/minimised variants and with the raster/vector/mixed variants we suddently have 216 CSS files in the distribution. This is not reasonable.

<MatmaRex> there are 216 .css files in the distribution now, by the way. this is insane.
<James_F> MatmaRex: Indeed.
<James_F> MatmaRex: It'll be worse when we also do this to Apex.
<MatmaRex> this really is rather silly.
<MatmaRex> surely we don't need to always generate both .css and .min.css, nor do we need the three vector/raster/mixed versions.
<MatmaRex> there must be a sensible way to pass this to grunt, as command-line parameters or whatever, and only run the appropriate tasks
<MatmaRex> (we could maybe create separate grunt tasks for this somehow)
<MatmaRex> if we're aiming to make OOUI usable outside of VE/MediaWiki, then having 228 files in the distribution is definitely not the way to go
<MatmaRex> i can't imagine anyone actually using a library like this, being forced to either copy the whole shebang, or fish out the versions they want

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Change 266269 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński):
build: Don't generate .min.js and .min.css files by default

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/266269

Change 266269 merged by jenkins-bot:
build: Don't generate .min.js and .min.css files by default

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/266269

Change 266495 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński):
build: Only build one graphics distribution (mixed/vector/raster), not all

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/266495

Change 266495 merged by jenkins-bot:
build: Only build one graphics distribution (mixed/vector/raster), not all

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/266495

We're buiding "only" 56 CSS files now, down from 336. Most of this is due to the copious amounts of icon packs, and having a RTL and LTR variant for each one (but we shouldn't remove that, I think). I'm satisfied enough.