Re: [PATCH] Lower tarball compression level

2009-09-11 Thread Daniel Baumann
Cody A.W. Somerville wrote: > I'd like to propose the attached patch which changes "--best" to > "--fast" in the lh_binary_tar helper. Using "--best" (the highest level > of compression) can take 20% longer to complete but only provides 4-5% > better compression. This performance impact can quickl

Re: [PATCH] Lower tarball compression level

2009-09-08 Thread Daniel Baumann
Ronny Standtke wrote: > How about making the compression level an option that can be configured via > lh_config? as i don't care about the build-time but only about the resulting files, i do not want to use --fast for the official images. we'll be doing the same as with we did with apt and aptit

Re: [PATCH] Lower tarball compression level

2009-09-08 Thread Ronny Standtke
> I'd like to propose the attached patch which changes "--best" to "--fast" > in the lh_binary_tar helper. How about making the compression level an option that can be configured via lh_config? Regards Ronny -- Ronny Standtke Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Dozent MedienpƤdagog

[PATCH] Lower tarball compression level

2009-09-07 Thread Cody A.W. Somerville
Hello, I'd like to propose the attached patch which changes "--best" to "--fast" in the lh_binary_tar helper. Using "--best" (the highest level of compression) can take 20% longer to complete but only provides 4-5% better compression. This performance impact can quickly be inflated when performin