[RTEMS Project] #3451: Remove size_rtems script

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#3451: Remove size_rtems script
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 Reporter:  Sebastian Huber  |       Owner:  Sebastian Huber
     Type:  task             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  5.1
Component:  tool             |     Version:  5
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
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Comment (by Joel Sherrill):

 I don't disagree with removing this. The question this script is trying to
 answer is "what's the code space requirement for RTEMS?" This is usually
 asked as "How big is RTEMS?" The answer is that it depends.

 This script produced a report similar to some other RTOS when it was
 written. Buy I evolved to think that the linked size of sample reference
 applications like base_sp, minimum, hello, minimum networking, etc.

 A real application will vary in size based on the set of services it uses.
 Often those services depends on things that add code which we wouldn't
 consider part of RTEMS. A C++ application with megabytes of code from the
 C++ Standard Library is large but may use a very small but of code from
 RTEMS itself. The Qt demos were similar.

 Also size varies by architecture, optimization level, gcc version,
 function section linking, etc.

 There is no single answer and no standard guides. So we need to decide
 what we think is useful, explain it, and watch it.

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