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Re: Why not using bzip2 for snapshots?

To: Reinhard Nissl <rnissl at gmx dot de>
Subject: Re: Why not using bzip2 for snapshots?
From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 16:47:59 -0700
cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com



  In message <3660763F.54F389F2@gmx.de>you write:
  > Hi,
  > 
  > the subject comes to the point. Think about it. Thanks.
bzip2 does not have the same acceptance as gzip.  Supporting both would
mean nearly doubling the disk space required for snapshots.

Note that we use both gzip and bzip2 for releases.

jeff

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