-rw-r--r-- 1 yarko web2py 7884800 2009-04-27 01:23 examples.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 yarko web2py 579201 2009-04-27 01:34 examples.tar.7z -rw-r--r-- 1 yarko web2py 798509 2009-04-27 01:27 examples.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 yarko web2py 798634 2009-04-27 01:25 examples.tar.zip
Why stop with gzip? Why not use 7zip? ;-) Actually, Python has gzip support - but not 7zip (yet). On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:09 AM, Álvaro Justen [Turicas] < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > why aren't apps gzipped by default? > Ok, all source code is zipped, but if I want to download only one app > (from SVN/Bazaar or from appliances) I have to download a big file. An > example is examples.tar, that has 7,5MB - examples.tar.gz has only > 810kB (less than 11% of the original size). > > Some contries don't have super-high-speed Internet connections and I > prefer my proccess working on compression/uncompression than my > network with full load for a long time. > > -- > Álvaro Justen > Peta5 - Telecomunicações e Software Livre > 21 3021-6001 / 9898-0141 > http://www.peta5.com.br/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
