-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 s...@pobox.com wrote: > mal> Zip files are great for shipping packages to the end-user, but > mal> there's no need to keep them zipped once they get there. > > I thought one of the arguments for zip files was a performance increase > (reduced stat(2) calls, etc). I may misremember though.
Empirical evidence suggests that the win for zipfiles is only for a *very* small set of them (basically, the whole app and all libraries in a single zipfile). The two lines cross pretty fast after N == 1. Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 tsea...@palladion.com Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJzWy6+gerLs4ltQ4RAjYUAKCc/yiv5noitSwWavsH3voK9veYnwCfe9qn 16tnRWGZjMazB2fP5G3Q2N4= =LUFx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
