From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 10:43:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEEE37B404; Fri, 2 May 2003 10:43:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F2E43FAF; Fri, 2 May 2003 10:43:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.6p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h42HhCtU097922; Fri, 2 May 2003 13:43:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: 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> Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 19:41:38 +0200 To: Matthias Buelow From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: David O'Brien cc: Ruslan Ermilov cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Tim Robbins Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 17:43:43 -0000 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, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)