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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade 
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:20:02 -0800
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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.

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From: "Jordan Hubbard" <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>
To: "Mikhail Teterin" <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
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<cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>; <obrien@FreeBSD.org>; <pst@pst.org>;
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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
>
>


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