Re: bzip2 in src tree (Was Re: ports/16252: bsd.port.mk: Add bzip2 support for distribution patches)

[David O'Brien]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 01:19:32AM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote:
> No, I said ask me again in 18 months, not NOW.  Even if it didn't have the
> memory problem, gzip has greater compatibility and does the minimum
> job.  It's not required for the base system.

BUT, if we bzip2'ed the base system distribution, we'd be able to fit
more Packages on the 1st CDROM, and that is a BIG win.  With it in the
base system, we could also make pkg_add understand bzip2'ed packages --
again a BIG win as we could then fit more packages on the 1st CDROM.

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-- David    ([EMAIL PROTECTED])


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