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Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:58:25 +0800
From:      LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net>
To:        Divacky Roman <xdivac02@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: Replacing GNU gzip(1) implementation with a BSD	licensed version
Message-ID:  <45BA2521.9020106@delphij.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070126105822.GA72945@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>
References:  <45B9D204.9030503@delphij.net> <20070126105822.GA72945@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>

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Divacky Roman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 06:03:48PM +0800, LI Xin wrote:
>> Dear folks,
>>
>> A BSD licensed gzip version has been ported from NetBSD, in order to
>> replace the current GNU GPL'ed gzip version found in our base system.
>>
>> The new gzip would be added to src/usr.bin.  It is expected to hit the=

>> tree soon.
>=20
> how does performance compare between the bsdzip and gzip?

If you mean speed, I have only tested this roughly on an Xeon based i386
box, and the result was that difference are within epsilon.

Cheers,
--=20
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!


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