From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 6 23:16:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28003 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 23:16:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (antipodes.cdrom.com [204.216.27.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27954 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 23:16:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00658; Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:47:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804070547.WAA00658@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Christoph Kukulies cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bzip2 - is it worth to take a look at? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 05 Apr 1998 11:32:07 +0200." <199804050932.LAA10636@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 22:47:38 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > A new compression tool - bzip2 - is gaining popularity and I > want to put it to discussion whether it could be used to augment > the installation floppy towards even higher functionality like > containing more tools etc. etc. Bzip is an unattractive alternative to gzip for a number of reasons: - It's significantly slower in most cases. - It's a memory pig. - The only code for handling bzip-compressed data is bzip, which is GPL'd. - The author admits to uncertainty regarding the legal status of the code. > bzip2 compresses about 20 % better than gzip. > > Try it at: > > ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/apps/ Try /usr/ports/archivers/bzip2. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message