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On  4 Apr, The Anarcat wrote:
> Choosing a archive format has serious implications on the way the
> package system is designed since a tabled (eg zip) vs scattered (eg
> tar) format has serious implications on the design of the pkg tools
> suite.

Agreed.
 
> For the record, I'm in favor of the .zip format. I think that with
> proper design of the package system, packages can be broken up in
> subpackages (doc, bin, non-mandatory shlibs, devel headers, etc). I
> think Debian has followed this technique and I find it quite a good
> idea. Not everyone needs headers files deployed by some packages, for
> example. By breaking up packages this way, we can probably resolve the
> space constraints issues.

I don't see the relation -- whatever way we slice it, it will still be
bigger than it has to be if it uses .zip format instead of .tar.bz2

A package is, typicly, downloaded or found on a CD -- in both cases the
file can be seeked around. IMHO, in this case space should be given
priority in the eternal "time vs. space" argument.

And I suspect, those who disagree are simply blinded by their blazingly
fast connections and fat disks. :-)

	-mi



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