Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 15:01:23 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, Shigeyuki Fukushima <shige@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001231457420.59825-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <200001231303.OAA75362@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Juergen Lock wrote: > In article <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001221238240.59825-100000@picnic.mat.net> you write: > >... > >A case would have to be built that bzip2 does something critical that > >cannot be done without bzip2. Else, it stays as a fine port. Heck, emacs > >is a fine port too, but it'll never get into the base system. > > Very true, but i can actually think of one thing were bzip2 would > really be useful: to better compress the kernel on install floppies > so you could keep more things in it. (like ptys and pass which > would make fixit more useful, or pppoe which was thrown out too > recently if i'm not mistaken.) > > Btw you could probably also kgzip the loader, that would free up > some space too. Juergen Lock: It's Better! Chuck: Better doesn't count, only need, functionality and compatibility. Juergen Lock: It's Better! How come I get the feeling that you didn't read the post? > > Regards, > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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