Re: Adding lzma to dpkg's Pre-Depends
On Tue, April 1, 2008 13:42, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On the more general issue of lzma-compresses packages, I find a 34MB
> RAM requirement quite hefty for general purpose use; that is, unless
> we restrict lzma compression to packages that wouldn't make sense on
> hardware with so little RAM anyway (such as e.g. OpenOffice.org, but
> nothing in base, nothing one would install on a pure router / lightweight
> server such as iptables, kernels, FTP/HTTP daemons, ...).
When multiple compression types start to get supported, it would be a good
idea if the epic Someone would write a bit for the developer's reference
with some guidelines on which compression types would be suitable to which
types of packages.
Thijs
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