On (22:41 25/05/10), Patrick Volkerdink <volke...@slackware.com> put forth the proposition:
On 05/25/2010 10:30 PM, Robby Workman wrote:Anyway, since there seems to be some desire for a definitive statement on this, I'm going to make one:There are no plans to change the default package compression at any point in the near future. The reasons include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: 1. We like it that way. :-) 2. It works fine as is. 3. It minimizes the time required to build a package. 4. It's easy to customize if the admin prefers something else. 5. There's no compelling reason to change it. 6. We like it that way. :-)
I don't really see any need to change. I set PKGTYPE and ARCH up in shell long ago.
I'd have to agree. For local package builds, a .tgz default makes sense. But if you happen to be running out of space for packages on a CD, then you can switch to .txz easily enough. :-DTake care, Pat _______________________________________________ SlackBuilds-users mailing list SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org http://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users Archives - http://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ FAQ - http://slackbuilds.org/faq/
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