Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:27:19 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com> To: George Reid <greid@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supporting pkg-plist.gz ? Message-ID: <20010601142719.A22596@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011314060.51937-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk>; from greid@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 01:21:44PM %2B0100 References: <20010601134436.C15784@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106011314060.51937-100000@sobek.openirc.co.uk>
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> > This sounds like a fairly good idea. If we could use `standard' tools for this
> > then that would be the best solution, IMO.
>
> Indeed. I'd like the idea to be thrown around a bit before I actually sit
> down and do anything about it, though :)
Yeah, it's not that we *need* to do something right away, but as the ports
tree still seems to be growing exponentially, we may have to find a way of
compressing it all a bit at some stage. On the other hand, disk space per
dollar is also increasing, and so is the user-average transfer rate for
downloading from the internet ;-)
/Ernst
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Ernst de Haan
Java Architect
Jollem Information Technology
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and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ
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