-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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? - -- 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEnVokS9HxQb37XmcRAnfCAKCSyjJ1Qtc/TEmFEUPzE+ZU7GuQYQCgoE6/ 9Nkd3EGd7DH3OFuUB+z2P6c= =0oHL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]