From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 13:26:10 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 8A78C1065695 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 13:26:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [217.69.67.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BB718FC1E for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 13:26:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.0x20.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id F22933A601; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:26:14 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:26:14 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" Message-ID: <20101205132614.GJ78594@e.0x20.net> References: <4CF38D7F.6070206@gmx.de> <4CF3F16E.3020501@DataIX.net> <4CF439F1.6050703@gmx.de> <4CF45E7A.80102@DataIX.net> <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Z8yxTSU1mh2gsre7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE-p19 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: jhell , 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: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:26:10 -0000 --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--