Re: Change Request - No more .Z filesy

[Jim Jagielski <ji...@jaguNET.com>]

Randy Terbush wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Mustafa Akgul <ak...@Bilkent.EDU.TR>
> 
> I  wonder whether  we  can  move away  from  tar.Z  files.
> It is redant and  costly:  bandwith  and  even  disk  space is a waste.
> We discuused  on the  pache-announce  list, nobody objected; some 
> approved  the idea.
> Since gzip is  available  eveywhere, why do not we stop  carrying
> .tar.Z  file.
> 

I'm 0 on removing the .Z stuff. 

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Re: Change Request - No more .Z filesy

[Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>]

I'm afraid I don't understand the need to get rid of the .Z files.  Sure,
most people have gzip but it takes so little effort to make .Zs that why
not?  I don't see how someone wanting to be a mirror can complain about
the bandwidth taken to transfer a single copy of each release when
compared to people actually downloading it, and I'm not sure disk space is
that big an issue.

On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, Jim Jagielski wrote:

> Randy Terbush wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > From: Mustafa Akgul <ak...@Bilkent.EDU.TR>
> > 
> > I  wonder whether  we  can  move away  from  tar.Z  files.
> > It is redant and  costly:  bandwith  and  even  disk  space is a waste.
> > We discuused  on the  pache-announce  list, nobody objected; some 
> > approved  the idea.
> > Since gzip is  available  eveywhere, why do not we stop  carrying
> > .tar.Z  file.
> > 
> 
> I'm 0 on removing the .Z stuff. 
> 
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