Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 10:36:23 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: tmseck-lists@netcologne.de (Thomas Seck) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs Message-ID: <200305030936.h439aP8c008238@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "02 May 2003 17:19:57 -0000." <20030502171957.28624.qmail@laurel.tmseck.homedns.org>
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Thomas Seck writes: > Am I the only one who thinks that some people are on a "kill the GNU, > kill it now, no matter the cost" trip again? I don't think its quite that extreme :-). > I can see no benefit in switching to bzip2 other than eliminating GPL'ed > software. No, I do not think disk space is an issue nowadays. I'm with you. BZIP2 is MUCH slower than GZIP, for a relatively small gain in space. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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