From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 21:37:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861C4106566C for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:37:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from goran.tal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8CC8FC0A for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:37:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so1709445ewy.13 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:37:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=GndDPkbSzdiMnV6q3+L1Hq13t+Vs75QtxyU8r6eOHNY=; b=HVDU5Ljk/B7TpYGRzuMw1iUuvKUYaEL0vSK+daiHtL9mmGndR/C4JbbL5Aob2HthOO icdB1PZsc6Myf4KNwE35YBdyvB4AW/KnTCnJn7t8Hfx2uiQclv67iAfF4PP5q+OnS8KB J6hR6vEav6hAFEFqQ0pK8Hmd2uI3Yl67naeTU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=CGd9DQlO4gcpOx/nuOq+QtZrtbkcWl2RLPrHJcbCxBGf2Drje2UaLFawX7fKYKVyfe Pvpvtbc9KLcaFsfjm+ESssaPrPuxHpN6plyuaRyhCqb9cDd8BrykJNhFeHP6z34rqqsN kEWbnP1DfD0oVGpJ7n0tn7a4nbdQo0hAVwi4s= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.53.66 with SMTP id f42mr3490650eec.46.1290978768568; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:12:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.47.205 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:12:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:12:48 -0500 Message-ID: From: Goran Tal To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: packages compressed with xz X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:37:33 -0000 Now that the base system supports xz compression, it should be used as the default compression for packages. Files compressed with xz are smaller and decompress faster than those compressed with bzip2. This can make an installation much quicker, especially when the complete system is installed or upgraded. Any reasons against it?