On 20 Nov 2001, Trond Eivind [iso-8859-1] Glomsr�d wrote:
> "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> writes:
>
> > > If I'd downloaded this thing over a decent DSL or cable modem
> > > line, bzip2 would actually be a net loss in total
> > > download + uncompress time.
> >
> > I think the download time is a lot more important to people than
> > the uncompression time. A savings of nearly 1.5 Megs is
> > significant, no matter what type of line you are on.
>
> And for CD space (I'd love bzipped binaries), ftp space, etc (not only
> for mirrors, but for distributions shipping postgresql and mirrors
> thereeof.
Huh? You are advocating adding to the ftp space required? *raised
eyebrow*