bz2 seems pretty standard to me by now… For the 10/10 RC, the tar.gz was 10895157B, when I re-compressed as .tar.bz2 it's 8536610 - 22% smaller. For a few hundred downloads, the ASF servers (and various ISPs) will thank you...
John On Oct 12, 2012, at 8:03 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:49 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Chip Childers >> <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: >>> Since I unilaterally setup the release do to both .zip and .tar.gz, >>> I'd like to convert to ONLY releasing .tar.gz. >>> >>> Without disagreement, I'll assume consensus. >>> >>> I'm going to move forward with that change, for the purpose of getting >>> done... but I can always revert if there is a disagreement. >>> >>> -chip >> >> >> Yes please. >> >> And to be contrarian - lets do it as bz2 :) >> >> --David >> > > Are you being serious about bz2? I'd disagree about doing that, since > gz is more well known and understood (IMO, or perhaps just by me). > Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service o: 415.315.9385 @johnlkinsella
