From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 18 13:02:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8CA37B401; Sun, 18 May 2003 13:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B9E843FB1; Sun, 18 May 2003 13:02:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h4IK2dka009474; Sun, 18 May 2003 16:02:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 15:56:53 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Nik Clayton Message-Id: <20030518155653.5fd2e315.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030518195845.GB19455@clan.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20030518195845.GB19455@clan.nothing-going-on.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Dropping gzip'd docs on the FTP site X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 20:02:42 -0000 On Sun, 18 May 2003 20:58:45 +0100 Nik Clayton wrote: > Hi chaps, > > At the moment the docs on the FTP site are available in gzip, bzip2, and > zip format. > > How do people feel about dropping support for gzip? FreeBSD's shipped > with bzip for a while, and the zip format covers platforms where gzip or > bzip isn't common. > > Support for building gzip'd docs would remain in the tool chain, I just > want to remove the format when the docs are built for the FTP site. > > Comments? > [Snip cute little daemon and Nik's sig] Personally, I think it would be fine. -- Tom Rhodes