Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:14:11 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <200209250314.g8P3EB2D014739@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <87u1ke6c39.fsf@pooh.int> References: <F113HOzyfyz5b6KZmcK0000003f@hotmail.com> <87znu66hr9.fsf@pooh.int> <200209250122.g8P1MlZJ013525@intruder.bmah.org> <87u1ke6c39.fsf@pooh.int>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] If memory serves me right, Kirk Strauser wrote: > OK, then, I'm a little lost. Why would moving to bzip2 compression be a big > problem, then? People with older systems that don't support bzip2 can still > compile and install ports normally - they just can't download a pre-compiled > package. Is this correct? So, other than some time compiling, they're not > actually losing anything at all, are they? Right, but remember that a lot of people install things from packages. Once again...there isn't anything wrong in principle with bzip2 packages. We just weren't ready for it for 4.7. Bruce. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9kSoD2MoxcVugUsMRAqgWAJkBl+UzahGGvQKHiaAoFMsUkByiNwCg+2hG slEhjle09GPeqpUk/rU9Ecg= =Rl17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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