Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:49:36 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uh oh.. Time to take another look at the packages collection! Message-ID: <19970930004936.47437@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970929063053.29948B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Mon, Sep 29, 1997 at 06:32:10AM -0400 References: <19970928234543.04027@mooseriver.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.970929063053.29948B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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According to Tim Vanderhoek: > We could also try using the bzip compressor instead of gzip, but > I'm not sure about bzip's export status. It may compress > significantly better, though... It will probably do much better and get us a 10-20% saving. It will only be a temporary one and, much more important, bzip require as much as 5 times the memory of gzip ! -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #35: Sun Sep 21 19:28:07 CEST 1997
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