I completely agree with this and #2 is straight forward to do below. We should be able to make it so. Should we get a WIP written up?
_______________________________________________________________ FireGiant | Dedicated support for the WiX toolset | http://www.firegiant.com/ From: Chris Dahlberg [mailto:csdahlb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:53 PM To: WiX toolset developer mailing list Subject: Re: [WiX-devs] WiX v4.0 Default Compression Level? With cab count appearing to have even more of an impact on link time than the compression level, I agree that halving it to 100MB is a good idea. I think whether different defaults can be used for Debug vs. Release builds could somewhat determine what the best default values are. * If the same defaults are to be used for both Debug and Release, sticking with MSZip seems like the best option (based on a very simple lower-is-better ranking using [Link time] * [Cab size]). Changing from MSZip to Low wouldn't be terrible, either, but does result in a ~50% increase in link time for only an ~11% decrease in file size. * If different defaults can be used for Debug vs. Release, then I still think using None for Debug and High for Release would be ideal. Releases are often copied/downloaded many times, and dealing with a lengthier build process a small number of times to benefit from smaller file copies/downloads many times seems worth it to me. -Chris- On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Bob Arnson <b...@joyofsetup.com<mailto:b...@joyofsetup.com>> wrote: On 18-Oct-14 21:02, Rob Mensching wrote: First, picking reasonable defaults for things in WiX is the only way we’ll reduce the complexity. However, exposing the full power of the Windows Installer for those that want/need it is also still very important. Second, thank you for the data point on “medium” vs. “high”. I’ve heard that data point from others that the time difference doesn’t work out sometimes. Bob’s point about measuring is probably still a thing to do. Yep. http://www.joyofsetup.com/2014/10/19/cabinet-compression-testing/ -- sig://boB http://joyofsetup.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ WiX-devs mailing list WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:WiX-devs@lists.sourceforge.net> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-devs
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