Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:43:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE Message-ID: <200209241843.g8OIh9uO089468@arch20m.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <200209241542.g8OFgXPE006612@intruder.bmah.org> "from Bruce A. Mah at Sep 24, 2002 08:42:33 am"
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Bruce A. Mah writes: > Due to some difficulties encountered while testing bzip2 packages for > FreeBSD 4.7-RC1, the Release Engineering team (with agreement from the > Port Manager team) has decided to revert back to gzip packages, at > least for the remaining 4.7-RC snapshots and 4.7-RELEASE. I applaud this decision. IMHO the 'tbz' change has been a lot of pain for a gain of a few megabytes, i.e., not worth it. Megabytes are cheap and getting cheaper, while people's time and frustration are expensive and getting more expensive... Just MHO. -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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