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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10144 Request: Please provide bzip2 tarballs for httpd downloads Summary: Request: Please provide bzip2 tarballs for httpd downloads Product: Apache httpd-1.3 Version: 1.3.25 Platform: All URL: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/ OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: Other Component: Other AssignedTo: [email protected] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bzip2 is a widely used compression utility that provides greater squashability than gzip, which is currently being used for the Unix versions of HTTPd releases. I would like to suggest providing the releases as .tar.bz2 archives in addition to the existing formats, as it would benefit users (specifically, me) whilst reducing the bandwidth usage on apache.org and its mirrors. As an example of the potential benefit, the current release of Apache 1.3.26 has the following sizes for gzip and bzip2 archives: [niki:root]:/usr/local/src/apache/tarballs # ls -l a* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1833303 Jun 22 06:47 apache_1.3.26.tar.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2303147 Jun 18 18:24 apache_1.3.26.tar.gz As you can see, the .bz2 version is significantly smaller than the .gz file. regards, Peter Lowe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
