Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:32:32 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches) Message-ID: <20000123193232.A44712@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200001230926.KAA81850@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>; from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de on Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 10:26:48AM %2B0100 References: <86duop$2n8d$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> <200001230926.KAA81850@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 10:26:48AM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Saving 10% or 20% on disk space is not worth wasting >= 10 times more > CPU time than gzip. Disk space is cheap nowadays, but upgrading to a > CPU that is 10 times faster is not. And just how do I increase the space on a CDROM??? Go look how many port distribution files on your last CDROM set were in bzip2 format -- there is a reason for that. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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