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Date:      Sat, 4 Dec 2010 23:19:21 +0100
From:      "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
To:        jhell <jhell@DataIX.net>
Cc:        Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: packages compressed with xz
Message-ID:  <577F106B-B752-42D8-9B22-4CF0AAD06FCC@nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <4CF45E7A.80102@DataIX.net>
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On 30 Nov 2010, at 03:16, jhell wrote:

> Agreed. Soon can be quantified by actual need and of which there is =
not
> much need except for larger packages but adding this would just add
> unneeded complication to the system that is already in place.


We are running out of diskspace on event the FTP master site - currently =
we are at ~1TB. The xz compression gives as significant space saving - =
so there is already a need.

PS. anyone saying a 1 TB etc. disk is cheap will be ignored.

--=20
Simon L. B. Nielsen




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