Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:56:28 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Julien Laffaye <jlaffaye@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: packages compressed with xz Message-ID: <4CFBD24C.6020305@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101205180354.085e5b04@it.buh.tecnik93.com> References: <AANLkTimHL9_qj3nB0jCvH_rah5JZBzEroz_J_Ou-TH52@mail.gmail.com> <4CF38D7F.6070206@gmx.de> <4CF3F16E.3020501@DataIX.net> <4CF439F1.6050703@gmx.de> <AANLkTikUvDkw3o-mY1sCnkXQsVt10rUcVcqqbYN7oMvN@mail.gmail.com> <4CF95C27.4030507@gmail.com> <20101205180354.085e5b04@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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05.12.2010 18:03, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: >> And those ones are all empty at start. So say, if you are compressing >> something really huge trying to use 4G of memory you end using that >> much memory between 2G - 3G of source data. And we will need 512MB to >> decompress that hunk of data. >> >> Are the packages _that_ large? > [ .. ] > > The biggest package that can be produced by a port it's a bit over 10G. > 0k, I'll try to be sharper. How many of that huge packages will run on a prehistoric cpu/64Mb mem combo? I'll bet even working with the OpenOffice will be... challenging. Let's take the other route. Packages that large will benefit from maximum xz compression most. The question clearly is "Would we like to ditch maximum compression for those huge ones taking care of the hardware that would never be ready to run them?" Don't listen to me anyway. Our first goal is clearly making FreeBSD work everywhere. Capping the xz limits would do nothing for me personally because all of my machines are capable of building any software I want - I don't use packages at all. So I don't have a right to vote. We should think from the point of people running that hardware. And I think we should support them. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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