Re: PostgreSQL downloads compressed with bzip2 instead of

From: Joel Rodrigues <borgempath(at)Phreaker(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL downloads compressed with bzip2 instead of
Date: 2003-03-24 06:49:22
Message-ID: BE9D6692-5DC4-11D7-8013-0005024EF27F@Phreaker.net
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On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 09:08 , List Subscriptions wrote:

> The primary advantage to providing the archive in bzip2
> (instead of gzip)
> format is the reduction of download time; saving storage space
> is a much
> less significant issue.
>
> Whether or not you save space with the archive is a separate issue, IMO
> fairly insignificant given the difficulty in finding a new drive UNDER
> 40GB.
>
> (Said by someone who just installed a 7.3.2 demo on a 16MB P-90 laptop
> running RH70)

Mac OS X v10.1.5 on G3 233MHz desktop, 160MB RAM, 2MB VRAM,
4(four)GB hard drive.

Postgresql 7.2.2, awaiting 7.3.3

Still up to 6 months (or more) away from upgrading to a 15.x" G4
PowerBook.

C'est la vie.

- Joel

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