Isn't it worth implementing for Win32 as well (and possibly Linux and so on) ?
On Nov 18, 2007 6:06 PM, Ulf Lamping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=23484 > > > > Update to optionally use the "Ultimate Packer for eXecutables" (UPX) to > pack the exes and dlls prior to U3 and PortableApps packaging. > > > Very nice! > > For the U3 package, this results in a 40% smaller package. > > > What I've roughly expected. > > For the PortableApps version, the package size is not much different, > but the install time is quicker. > > > ... and it will be smaller on the stick. PortableApps uses an NSIS > installer, which has a pretty good compression ratio - so it's not > surprising that packging the executables a second time won't help a lot. > > The values I've measured (install time and size on stick): > "uncompressed" 2:50 55MB > "UPX" 2:00 36MB > > So it seems to be worth included into the "standard" U3 and PortableApps > packaging IMO. > > > What about putting the upx301w.zip file into wireshark-win32-libs so we > have it available on the build machine and let the config.nmake setting > point to it as default? > > Regards, ULFL > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev >
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