Ben Collins wrote: > > > Yeah, but I guess it would take about twice the time to unpack. Please > > > don't do that to my poor 486 :-(( > > > > But extra size = extra traffic = extra money, that's worse. Unpack no cost > > at all > > (except you time, ofcourse). > > > > wbr, Serge. > > > > p.s. If Debian change default compression to bzip2 in future, we can save > > about > > ~20-25% in size of distribution. It especially important to reduce network > > traffic in update&upgrade operations. > > Now, we cannot save that much. Your example of compressing pure text is > not a measure of this whole archive. I've tested it, and converted an > entire local binary-sparc/main tree to internal bzip2 compression. It > saved a grand total of 197 megs from 1.5gigs. Roughly 15% at a quick > guess. This wouldn't even drop us down a single CD.
Yes, binaries. But you also forgot about sources. Or 15% - include binary&source? > We have new things in the upcoming dpkg, one of those being to support > bzip2 in the package format. However, I don't see it being used in > Debian's archives right away. Anyway, sometime Debian-community must start this job. wbr, Serge. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
