Re: 7-Zip / Bzip2

[thegraze <thegraze@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But 7z is GPL!

2008/5/6 Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>:
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>  :I just noticed I still have these sitting here so I figured I would post
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> :sizes. 1.12.1 ISO 294M, bz2 108M, 7z 74M, zip 118M, gz 120M.
>  :
>  :Sam
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>     Those are impressive numbers.  I will keep an eye on it.  If 7z is
>     consistently better then bz2 I expect it will become widely adopted.
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>     I just think it is a bit early to put it into base when it is so
>     readily accessible via pkgsrc.
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>                                         -Matt
>                                         Matthew Dillon
>                                         <dillon@backplane.com>
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