Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches)

[Ollivier Robert]

According to Don Lewis:
> Doesn't bzip2 require a lot more memory for decompression?  As I
> recall, someone mentioned that this would cause problems for installing
> releases on machines with only a small amount of RAM.

Yes and is much slower than gzip. Having bzip2 as a port is enough IMO.
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