From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 4 22:36:28 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FCA106564A for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:36:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@nitro.dk) Received: from smtp.fullrate.dk (smtp.fullrate.dk [90.185.1.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAC6B8FC16 for ; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:36:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.4.26] (4304ds2-vlb.1.fullrate.dk [90.184.171.166]) by smtp.fullrate.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384319CFD9; Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:19:21 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" In-Reply-To: <4CF45E7A.80102@DataIX.net> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:19:21 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk> References: <4CF38D7F.6070206@gmx.de> <4CF3F16E.3020501@DataIX.net> <4CF439F1.6050703@gmx.de> <4CF45E7A.80102@DataIX.net> To: jhell X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: Matthias Andree , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages compressed with xz X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:36:28 -0000 On 30 Nov 2010, at 03:16, jhell wrote: > Agreed. Soon can be quantified by actual need and of which there is = not > much need except for larger packages but adding this would just add > unneeded complication to the system that is already in place. We are running out of diskspace on event the FTP master site - currently = we are at ~1TB. The xz compression gives as significant space saving - = so there is already a need. PS. anyone saying a 1 TB etc. disk is cheap will be ignored. --=20 Simon L. B. Nielsen