Jérôme Bouat <jerome.bo...@wanadoo.fr> writes: >>> Energy consumption has drawbacks whatever the primary source is (nuke, >>> carbon based, solar, wind, ...). >> >> You're free to disable the compression then, on your own systems. Or >> turn off your computer. > > Think about the number of desktop/notebooks which have this default setting.
I wouldn't be so sure of that. And since it cannot reliably determined whether something is a desktop or a server, the only sane way to set the compress/nocompress setting would be to ask the user at installation time. But then, one still needs a default setting, for unattended installations. And since the default so far has been compress, on the basis of element of least suprise, it should stay so aswell (not to mention that policy recommends[1] the compress option too). However, since this is such a tiny change, it'd cause more trouble for users to get asked, than to just installing a default, and letting them change it, if they wish to. It's a default after all, and power-conscious users can always remove the compress option. > This small desktop specific setting would possibly not save the world but at > least make it better. If you're so inclined, take it up with policy to not recommend[1] the "compress" option for log files. [1]: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s10.8 -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
