Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 01:19:32 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@pacbell.net> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, 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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001240115550.315-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001232205190.254-100000@localhost>
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Alex Zepeda wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Ask me again in 18 months, maybe bzip2 will use less memory and be > > faster, and it's quite likely that it will be far more popular at ftp > > sites. > > Have you looked at the memory usage when you use the -s flag? No, I said ask me again in 18 months, not NOW. Even if it didn't have the memory problem, gzip has greater compatibility and does the minimum job. It's not required for the base system. It's stupid not to have it in a larger system, but *that's the reason for ports*. Ports are optional, right? > > - alex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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