From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Sep 24 11:57:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393E637B401 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:57:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 657D243E6A for ; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:57:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (orb_rules@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.5/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g8OIvdPt002560; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:57:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.12.5/8.12.4/Submit) id g8OIvdws002559; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:57:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:57:39 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: Matthias Andree Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020924185739.GF2009@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200209241843.g8OIh9uO089468@arch20m.dellroad.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NGIwU0kFl1Z1A3An" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --NGIwU0kFl1Z1A3An Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:52:05PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > Archie Cobbs writes: > > Megabytes are cheap and getting cheaper, while people's time and > > frustration are expensive and getting more expensive... >=20 > I beg to differ. Modem (V.90) links will still benefit from saved > megabytes, because a MB across a modem takes like three minutes. >=20 > MByte =3D> Time =3D> Cost. Don't forget the amount of packages on the distributed cd's. Although this restriction of space will probably disappear in time again with the rise of the DVD-ROM. --Stijn --=20 "I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get." --NGIwU0kFl1Z1A3An Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9kLWjY3r/tLQmfWcRAkUbAJ0TT4N7A/6ILlikO+9gtwI5BRnuxwCdHHNo p38RqJzMf3lO5d46A0McJLc= =goC8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NGIwU0kFl1Z1A3An-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message