Rich Teer wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Bruno Jargot wrote:
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>>I think it's better to stick with bzip2 archives. They need less
>>bandwidth and less room on disks. Using gzip again would be a step
>>backwards. Really.
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>I resepctfully disagree. Casper and I discussed this ages ago (I
>forget exactly when); apparently the use of bzip archives is one
>reasons why installing Solaris takes so long.
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I agree.
Very much, in fact.
Algo used by gzip(and its implementation) is the most practical
compromise {compression_ratio_achieved <<--vs.-->> cpu_time_required}.
-MB
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