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Re: bz2 vs.gz



my 2 bits:

I haven't got bz2 compatible debz programs. i don't want to get any. The
reduction in size does not mandate it. If they are closer then they *can*
be a little bit bigger. That is, as big as they were until now.

On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Oren Poleg wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Won't it be better to mirror the .bz2 files instead of the .gz ones ?
> The Block zip compression is much better than the gz, and as the whole
> idea of mirroring is bring the stuff
> closer, it would be wise to have the smaller files.
> 
> ( On the new kernel ( 2.0.33 ) - it's 5352386 in .bz2  vs.  6573183 in
> .gz )
> 
> 
> Oren
> 
> --
> "Just remember this -
>                 On our next War, We'll be using Microsoft products"
>                                                 (O.P.Shin Shin, 1997)
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