From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 18:21:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9EC16A41F for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:21:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Received: from wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A740643D46 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:21:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Received: from wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.1.30]) by wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E0C136525; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from virusscan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A76819D9FB; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.35]) by wrzx30.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861649D9DE; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from frodo.galgenberg.net (wwsx14.win-screen.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.253.14]) by wrzx35.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 063E7E0DB6; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from coyote.q.local (gb-21-237.galgenberg.net [172.16.21.237]) by frodo.galgenberg.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8MIL5WK061093; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (roadrunner.q.local [192.168.0.148]) by coyote.q.local (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8MIL58v063808; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Received: from roadrunner.q.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8MIL5uD037839; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Received: (from q@localhost) by roadrunner.q.local (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j8MIL4oU037829; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:04 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from q@galgenberg.net) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:21:04 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein To: "Mikhail T." Message-ID: <20050922182104.GC990@galgenberg.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Mikhail T." , current@freebsd.org References: <200509220446.j8M4kBPA019823@blue.virtual-estates.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200509220446.j8M4kBPA019823@blue.virtual-estates.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (Rechenzentrum Universitaet Wuerzburg) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using bzip2 to compress man-pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:21:10 -0000 --NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 22.09.2005 at 00:46:11 -0400, Mikhail T. wrote: > Hello! >=20 > How can I attract an interested comitter to my: >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dbin/79607 Changing the default format for manpages has serious bikeshed potential. While adding support for reading/writing bz2 compressed manpages is certainly useful, I doubt the benefit of switching to bzip2 compressed manpages. There are several points to consider: 1. I dont want to wait for my manpages to display, they have to be on screen instantanously. 2. "Desktops" and "Servers" have several GBs of space. No need to further squeeze the manpages (heck, I'd even consider not compressing them at all, but slight compression should even be faster than no compression at all) 3. Embedded devices are low on disk space, ok. But a) you dont want to install manpages to them. b) you certainly don't want to run bzip2 on these machines. Ulrich Spoerlein --=20 PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." didn't you understand? --NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDMvYQmArGtfDbn0QRAg8pAKCUNrtmBdWTvcpkqcjVf+44CBiNDgCgrbWY h2w/Z60FgSQmwUbcOOS2qPY= =9vGB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NklN7DEeGtkPCoo3--