Martin Bochnig wrote:
> Rich Teer wrote:
> >On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Bruno Jargot wrote:
> >
> >>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.
> >
> >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.
>
> 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}.
And I disagree... the manual page archive has AFAIK nothing ToDo with
package installation, right ? AFAIK these are developer sources and less
space is AFAIK better in such cases...
... I'll vote to keep bz2 ...
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