Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:46:06 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG, winter@jurai.net, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, pst@pst.org, des@ofug.org, imp@village.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/sysinstall install.c installUpgrade Message-ID: <20020403204606.A48463@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>; from jkh@winston.freebsd.org on Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:12:10AM -0800 References: <mi@aldan.algebra.com> <28699.1017857530@winston.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:12:10AM -0800, 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_. Well... not completely true. Size of the *harddisks* is growing like weed, but the size of the distribution medium, old-fashioned CDROM, is not. > 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! :-) You live in the US alright ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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