On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:29:32PM -0400, Carl Schmidt wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:43:20AM +0900, Makoto Matsushita wrote: > > tlambert2> That's 3.4 hours saved on a 28.8K modem download time, > > tlambert2> overall... a 14% reduction in size. > > > > The percentage doesn't matter. If ISO image is compressed, user who > > downloads the image may de-compress that image to burn (I don't know > > any about the burner softwares which support compressed ISO image). > > What's happen if there is no space to make de-compressed image on a HDD? > > I do not follow this. If the user can not fit a non-compressed image > on their drive then they certainly will not be downloading a non- > compressed image nor a compressed image hence rendering this whole > discussion moot for that user...it seems so to me at least. Maybe I am > not seeing something?
The temporary space required to do the decompression is what I am assuming is being reference, although I'm not sure how accurate that argument is. > Whether we think the size is too large for dial-up or not people will > still download it. And 200MB is absolutely nothing compared to what > people put up with for full-size distribution ISOs. You could argue > that not everyone has gzip (I would assume primarily a Windows user). > As far as I know there is a DOS version of gzip. This would be where > you might need both types of images (compressed and not compressed), > and that is something up to the snapshots people. Winzip supports tar and gz, winrar supports bzip2 > One might argue that Mr. Lambert is simply speculating that anyone has > a 28.8k connection anymore. What are the odds that everyone fits this: > > a: they live close enough to a provider to get broadband (see 'b'), I did not think distance was a requirement for cable modem, but I do agree with your logic that not everyone has broadband. -- David W. Chapman Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
