GNU bug report logs - #919
distributions in lzma or bz2?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: karl <at> freefriends.org (Karl Berry)

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:55:05 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

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From: karl <at> freefriends.org (Karl Berry)
To: bug-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: distributions in lzma or bz2?
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:48:33 -0500

emacs-22.3.tar.gz is       39587396 bytes.
Compressed with lzma, it's 26752360 bytes.
(I didn't check bzip2, presumably it's somewhere in between.)

That could be a lot of download bandwidth saved.  How about making it
available both ways, at least for next time?  (= install lzma-utils from
http://tukaani.org/lzma/download and add dist-lzma to the automake
options.)

Best,
karl
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: karl <at> freefriends.org (Karl Berry)
Cc: 919-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: distributions in lzma or bz2?
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:37:21 -0400

> emacs-22.3.tar.gz is       39587396 bytes.
> Compressed with lzma, it's 26752360 bytes.
> (I didn't check bzip2, presumably it's somewhere in between.)
>
> That could be a lot of download bandwidth saved.  How about making it
> available both ways, at least for next time?  (= install lzma-utils
> from http://tukaani.org/lzma/download and add dist-lzma to the
> automake

OK, I've made a not to do that.
Severity set to `wishlist' from `normal' Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:50:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#919: distributions in lzma or bz2?
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:35:21 -0400

> emacs-22.3.tar.gz is       39587396 bytes.
> Compressed with lzma, it's 26752360 bytes.
> (I didn't check bzip2, presumably it's somewhere in between.)

lzma would make sense indeed.  It does seem to be the next standard
(contrary to bzip2 whose performance advantage over gzip wasn't enough
to replace it).


        Stefan
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <don <at> donarmstrong.com> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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