Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 13:20:16 +0200 (EET) From: Adrian Penisoara <ady@warpnet.ro> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: obrien@NUXI.com, ache@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/news/tin Makefile ports/news/tin/files md5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990327131724.22321A-100000@ady.warpnet.ro> In-Reply-To: <199903260752.XAA01445@bubble.didi.com>
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Hi, On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * > don't depend on bzip, ... > * > * IMHO, this is a bad move. We direly need to save space WRT distfiles > * anywhere we can. The distfiles and package CDROMs are becoming much less > * useful as we can't put as much on them as we need to. > > I agree. The bzip port/package is just a one-time cost to save space > on many others. > > Maybe I should add to the handbook that bzip2'd distfiles are to be > preferred over gzip'd versions.... Then please suggest that bzip2 should be integrated in the base distribution too; would there be licensing problems ? > > Satoshi > My $0.02 Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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