Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Because some constants must be shared between the image and the plugin.
> 
> I suggested splitting up VMMaker into multiple packages before. However, 
> in extreme, we would have one package per plugin, which would be 
> cumbersome. No conclusion has been reached on this, so the status quo 
> that VMMaker basically needs a Full Image remains.

A better answer is to factor the shared pools into their own packages 
and have both, VMMaker as well as the actual package (Speech) depend on 
the pools only.

Cheers,
   - Andreas