Re: PostgreSQL downloads compressed with bzip2 instead of

I agree that bz2 might very well speed up download over a dialup line.
I was, however, pointing out that one of the arguments as to why
downloads should be available in bz2 format -- to minimize required disk
space -- was specious.

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> I think the real argument in favor of providing a bz2 alternative to gz
> *is* the time to download. Loading a Postgres tarball over a dialup line
> is much faster with bz2 rather than gz.
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