On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 21:54:30 +1100 Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote: > > > Expecting that the compression gives the smallest file every time is > > > reasonable. > > > > By a single byte - I've not seen file size changes beyond that range. > > It's a matter of principle. A compression program is supposed to reliably > compress data. That doesn't mean to a specific size, the principle of "reliable compression" means that you always get back the file you put in, without compression causing losses or corruption. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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