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List:       openbsd-ports
Subject:    Re: RFC#8 - bzip2
From:       "Joseph C. Bender" <jcbender () benderhome ! net>
Date:       2003-02-26 19:02:39
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At 06:52 PM 02/26/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>I'll work on this problem.
>
	And how are you going to get around the RAM and processor issues on
older/slower machines?

This is going to raise hell on some of my 486en, Pentia and older sparcs.

>However, please, note that my request is simply to import bzip2 in main src 
>tree. After it is inside by default everyone could think how to use it to
get 
>better compression or save bandwidth and disk space.
>
	And at what performance cost?  I don't have all day to install a machine.

	And if you really want it, it is in ports, or available as a package.

Disk is cheap.  And distfiles can (and should, for large enough sites) be
mirrored locally.

	
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Signing off, 

Joseph C. Bender
jcbender at benderhome dot net

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