Обсуждение: gzip and bzip2 (distributing postgresql)
Hello I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a bzip2 version of the most popular versions in addition of the gzip version. In 7.1 the sizes are 6.6mb vs 7.9mb (the source distribution) so this would also lessen the network load on ftp sites. I'm not suggesting getting rid of gzip, just providing an alternative, for those of us who have a slow connection. - Einar Karttunen
Einar Karttunen <ekarttun@cs.Helsinki.FI> writes: > I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a bzip2 version of > the most popular versions in addition of the gzip version. In 7.1 the > sizes are 6.6mb vs 7.9mb (the source distribution) so this would also > lessen the network load on ftp sites. I'm not suggesting getting rid of > gzip, just providing an alternative, for those of us who have a slow > connection. It would also save valuable space on our CDs, so I'm all for it. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.
Einar Karttunen wrote: > > Hello > > I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a bzip2 version of > the most popular versions in addition of the gzip version. In 7.1 the > sizes are 6.6mb vs 7.9mb (the source distribution) so this would also > lessen the network load on ftp sites. I'm not suggesting getting rid of > gzip, just providing an alternative, for those of us who have a slow > connection. I'd like to chime in and say I vote for this. I had to download postgres to a machine with a fast connection and gunzip and bzip2 it to get it over this slow modem link I'm using since our northpoint went out. -- Joseph Shraibman jks@selectacast.net Increase signal to noise ratio. http://www.targabot.com