Re: Why does doc packages need to contain gzipped files?
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Adeodato Simó wrote:
> * Ron Johnson [Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:34:29 -0500]:
>
>> How does that package get from the Debian mirror to your
>> computer?
>
>> 2 ways: - network - mailed CD/DVD
>
>> In either case, *size* does matter.
>
> No, this is not about network transfer size, only about disk
> space, because files inside a .deb file are inside a _gzipped_
> tar file. (Plus, IIRC, a gzipped tar of uncompressed files
> usually gives a bigger rate than a compressed tar of gzipped
> files. So there.)
Point taken.
Wasn't there a discussion a month or so ago regarding whether PDF
files should be gzipped or not?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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