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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-February/011982.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-February/011982.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..961f1559b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-February/011982.html @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20size%20of%20iso%20dvds&In-Reply-To=%3C4F3B9C2F.6040508%40arcor.de%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="011945.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="011983.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds</H1> + <B>Florian Hubold</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20size%20of%20iso%20dvds&In-Reply-To=%3C4F3B9C2F.6040508%40arcor.de%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds">doktor5000 at arcor.de + </A><BR> + <I>Wed Feb 15 12:51:11 CET 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011945.html">[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011983.html">[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11982">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11982">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11982">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11982">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Am 14.02.2012 19:36, schrieb Thierry Vignaud: +><i> On 14 February 2012 18:39, Florian Hubold <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">doktor5000 at arcor.de</A>> wrote: +</I>>><i> Somehow related, i just did some rpm size comparisons for thunderbird +</I>>><i> -l10n packages, to see what can be gained if we switch them back to +</I>>><i> uncompressing the (zipped) .xpi files and so let them profit from +</I>>><i> rpm binary payload compression. It's not much for a single package, +</I>>><i> but overall it's a reduction by 35%. +</I>><i> So we save a little space from DVDs but we'll quite a lot more on the +</I>><i> installed systems... +</I>><i> Bad tradeoff IMHO... +</I>Seriously? Smaller packages means quicker updates and less traffic, +less mirror space used, more iso space available, marginally faster +program runtime due to no on-the-fly decompression needed etc. + +And disk space is cheap, maybe not dirt-cheap anymore, considering +the raise in prizes during the Thailand flood last year, but stilll ... +Also normally you only install one language pack ... + +Comparison for disk-space used when installed (german language packe): + +uncompressed: +2,1M + +.xpi, zip-compressed: +412K +>><i> Maybe this is a viable solution for other packages too, which currently +</I>>><i> carry files which are already compressed when building. +</I>><i> That would only waste more space on installed systemdsif we +</I>><i> uncompress man pages, info pages & the like too... +</I>><i> +</I>Nope, as that would be against the policy, those should stay (.xz) compressed. +I though of other situations like for firefox/thunderbird language packs, +where we can save some space. And IMHO we need that, see previous post +about iso size, as packages increased their size significantly, so IMHO we +have to do a tradeoff, otherwise the installation media package selection +will get smaller and smaller over time. + +just my 2¢ + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011945.html">[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011983.html">[Mageia-dev] size of iso dvds +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11982">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11982">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11982">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11982">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |