Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:20:02 -0800 From: "Paul Traina" <pst@pst.org> To: "Mikhail Teterin" <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, <winter@jurai.net>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, <des@ofug.org>, <imp@village.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade Message-ID: <012001c1db3c$2cbc1950$2b6b6fc0@shockwave.org> References: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>
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debian .deb packages, *please*. Having used both Free and Deb, I have to say that Deb cleans our clock hands down. What you want to wrap it in is almost irrelevant. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> To: "Mikhail Teterin" <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: <jhb@FreeBSD.org>; <winter@jurai.net>; <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>; <obrien@FreeBSD.org>; <pst@pst.org>; <des@ofug.org>; <imp@village.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:12 AM Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade > > But .zip is noticeably bigger than .tar.gz. Not to mention, .tar.bz2. > > And the package size is what's of the highest priority, IMHO, since > > disks and especially bandwidth don't grow nearly as fast as the CPU > > speeds. > > You must live outside the US, that's all I can say. That assertion > is completely false here. > > I would also argue that package size is of the highest priority - > that's patently untrue. What's the highest priority in packaging > formats is providing enough power and mechanism to make the package > installation experience a lot more robust and user-friendly. Disks > are getting so cheap and so large (in even the most humble user > configurations) that I'd probably put package size _last_. > > I also live in the middle of the woods with redwood trees and all > sorts of wildlife around and even I have 1.5MBit worth of downstream > bandwidth via my ADSL line. Just imagine how well-connected all those > city people must be! :-) > > - Jordan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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