Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:41:38 +0200 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> Cc: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs Message-ID: <a05210619bad85d949fc5@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <20030502172937.GB18677@moghedien.mukappabeta.net> References: <20030502011307.GA82420@sunbay.com> <20030502153334.A70914@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20030502071926.GC3258@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030502172937.GB18677@moghedien.mukappabeta.net>
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At 7:29 PM +0200 2003/05/02, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> I have to admit, to many users these days the concept of having memory
> sizes of only 8 megabytes in some environments may seem totally alien
> but think of embedded devices or some old machine as small router.)
You don't have man pages on an embedded device like this.
Without man pages, you don't need to worry about the compression
algorithm used.
If there were man pages on an embedded device like this, it might
be on a machine using non-rotating media (such as a Soekris 4501 with
CompactFlash storage), and in that case it might be very critical to
squeeze the last ounce of disk space out of the system.
IMO, this is not a clear-cut situation.
I believe that multiple compression algorithms should be
available and supported (including compress, bzip2, and even gzip
although there may be licensing issues with it), with a reasonable
default chosen (perhaps compress) that can be easily changed.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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