Re: gzip and bzip2 (distributing postgresql) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind Glomsrød)
Subject Re: gzip and bzip2 (distributing postgresql)
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In response to gzip and bzip2 (distributing postgresql)  (Einar Karttunen <ekarttun@cs.Helsinki.FI>)
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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.


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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
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