I keep all downloads as bzip2 compressed archives on my drive in
case (!:-) I ever need to re-install/re-compile. So, you see it
*does* minimize required disk space.
To suggest that an untarred, decompressed bzip2 archive would
need less space than if it had been compressed using any other
algorithm, would be an odd suggestion indeed.
- Joel
On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 10:17 , Daniel R. Anderson wrote:
> 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.
>
> <snip>
>> 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.
> <snip>
> --