Date: 04 Apr 2002 18:11:11 +0200 From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, 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 Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade Message-ID: <1017936671.912.4.camel@lobster.freebsd-services.com> In-Reply-To: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org> References: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 20:12, Jordan Hubbard wrote: > > 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. > About the only place it is true is the US. Bandwidth is by far the most limiting factor for most people in the world. Only a tiny percentage of people are on ADSL in the UK for instance. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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