Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:26:14 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net>, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages compressed with xz Message-ID: <20101205132614.GJ78594@e.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk> References: <AANLkTimHL9_qj3nB0jCvH_rah5JZBzEroz_J_Ou-TH52@mail.gmail.com> <4CF38D7F.6070206@gmx.de> <4CF3F16E.3020501@DataIX.net> <4CF439F1.6050703@gmx.de> <4CF45E7A.80102@DataIX.net> <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk>
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--Z8yxTSU1mh2gsre7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 11:19:21PM +0100, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote: >=20 > On 30 Nov 2010, at 03:16, jhell wrote: >=20 > > 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. >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > PS. anyone saying a 1 TB etc. disk is cheap will be ignored. And all ftp mirror admins will be very grateful to sync smaller =2Exz packages. :) --Z8yxTSU1mh2gsre7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkz7kvYACgkQKc512sD3afjaDwCeLb/5LUcGCYFtTUs7g5hp5HIm xBsAoMdDxh+HMSAMHdW/tL8KeuwQ4Dbf =3ycA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Z8yxTSU1mh2gsre7--
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