Sorry Frederic for the misunderstanding, my suggestion was intended only for personal usage and not for the official distribution of Lazarus.
Thinking about it better, it could be a good idea perform a VirusTotal check of UPXed executable before releasing a new version of the software. Sandro On 7 May 2015 at 19:59, Frederic Da Vitoria <[email protected]> wrote: > 2015-05-07 17:54 GMT+02:00 Sandro Cumerlato <[email protected]>: > >> I'd like to recommend you to STRIP and UPX executables under Windows. >> >> Initial executables size: >> lazarus.exe 170859359 bytes (*) >> lazbuild.exe 52797635 bytes >> startlazarus.exe 15897492 bytes >> >> after STRIP and UPX: >> lazarus.exe 4093952 bytes (*) >> lazbuild.exe 1653760 bytes >> startlazarus.exe 1653760 bytes >> >> executables size is reduced to: >> lazarus.exe 2% of the original size >> lazbuild.exe 3% of the original size >> startlazarus.exe 10% of the original size >> >> ...and Lazarus (*) starts as a real cheetah! :) >> >> Just my 2 cents. >> > > Some anti-virus software consider UPXed executables as potentially > dangerous. So while this idea often works, I suggest it is better left as > an option to the users. > > -- > Frederic Da Vitoria > (davitof) > > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - > http://www.april.org > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > >
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