Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:36:54 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: imp@village.org, des@ofug.org, pst@pst.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, winter@jurai.net, Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade Message-ID: <XFMail.20020403133654.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>
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On 03-Apr-2002 Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> But .zip is noticeably bigger than .tar.gz. Not to mention, .tar.bz2. >> And the package size is what's of the highest priority, IMHO, since >> disks and especially bandwidth don't grow nearly as fast as the CPU >> speeds. > > You must live outside the US, that's all I can say. That assertion > is completely false here. > > I would also argue that package size is of the highest priority - > that's patently untrue. What's the highest priority in packaging > formats is providing enough power and mechanism to make the package > installation experience a lot more robust and user-friendly. Disks > are getting so cheap and so large (in even the most humble user > configurations) that I'd probably put package size _last_. > > I also live in the middle of the woods with redwood trees and all > sorts of wildlife around and even I have 1.5MBit worth of downstream > bandwidth via my ADSL line. Just imagine how well-connected all those > city people must be! :-) In mi's defense, you also live in the Bay Area. I don't think Groggy has 1.5 DSL. :) That said, I think that zip can actually result in less traffic in some cases (like in the "fat" packages you described to me 2+ years ago). -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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