From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Sep 24 11:45: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A5037B401; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from InterJet.dellroad.org (adsl-63-194-81-26.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.194.81.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8AE043E4A; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:45:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from archie@dellroad.org) Received: from arch20m.dellroad.org (arch20m.dellroad.org [10.1.1.20]) by InterJet.dellroad.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA79734; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:44:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arch20m.dellroad.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arch20m.dellroad.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8OIh9rf089469; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from archie@arch20m.dellroad.org) Received: (from archie@localhost) by arch20m.dellroad.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8OIh9uO089468; Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:43:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <200209241843.g8OIh9uO089468@arch20m.dellroad.org> Subject: Re: HEADSUP: gzip packages on FreeBSD 4-STABLE In-Reply-To: <200209241542.g8OFgXPE006612@intruder.bmah.org> "from Bruce A. Mah at Sep 24, 2002 08:42:33 am" To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL88 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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