Policy 3.1.0.0 uploaded

1999-11-05 Thread Julian Gilbey
I have just uploaded debian-policy and packaging-manual version 3.1.0.0 to master, so the main packages should be installed in the next dinstall run. This version of policy takes account of the Tech Committee decision on the FHS and a large number of other outstanding issues. A few are still to b

Re: FWD: dh_compress

1999-11-05 Thread Joey Hess
Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > The default ext2 blocksize is 1k and very few people change it. That's not so. I've looked at the source to mke2fs and experimented and the default size varies between 1k and 4k, depending on the size of the partition. 1 GB partitions get 4k blocks, 100 mb partitions, 1k

Re: FWD: dh_compress

1999-11-05 Thread Joseph Carter
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 11:14:35AM +0100, Massimo Dal Zotto wrote: > > I understand the theoretical 4095 byte file, but if you changed it to 2k > > there would be the theoretical 2047 byte file and the 1023 byte file ... > > IMO it ain't broke, soo... > > I don't agree. > > The default ext2 block

Re: FWD: dh_compress

1999-11-05 Thread Drake Diedrich
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 05:05:04PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > How do you plan to read a compressed copyright file for gzip to determine if > you agree with gzip's copyright and agree with it, to know if you can even > use gzip? > How are you going to get the copyright out of a .deb or base.t

Re: FWD: dh_compress

1999-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Policy says that "small" files should be compressed, but does Joey> not define small. The default blocksize seems like a good Joey> definition. What is the default blocksize? 1k? 4k? Variable? I Joey> have heard all three answers.