Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 17:14:57 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: garbanzo@hooked.net Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some thoughts and ideas, and quirks Message-ID: <199708040744.RAA20987@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804002308.1311C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> from Alex at "Aug 4, 97 00:26:48 am"
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Alex stands accused of saying: > > > two cents. I honestly think that rpm style packages (meaning no more > > > split up tarballs, and no huge 70mb bin distrib) are way more convenient > > > and easier to manage. > > > > This is not a view we all share. 8) > > Who would I be if I agreed with everyone *smirk*. *chuckle* > > > more descriptive. On the other hand, I noticed that the x packages > > > installed quicker (they're in .tgz format not split up tarballs) off my > > > fat partition than did the huge tarballs 100+k/s faster on average. > > > > The speed reported by the installer is the rate of reading on the source > > file; it has nothing to do with whether the data is chunked or not. > > Well, it was off the same local FAT16 partition, so it seems to me that > the installer is doing less work. Could just be me. Those 240k chunks > still bug me. They remind me of Slackware Linux *shudder*. It could just be that the bindist is compressed more, and your output stream is the limiting factor. If you're using an IDE disk and a moderately fast CPU this is not unrealistic. Speaking as someone that's had to download the bindist over a slow and unreliable link far too many times without the benefit of ftp reget, the small files are a huge bonus. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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