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Re: zipped ISO in addition to gz?


From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:25:07 -0700 (PDT)

:Would there be any objection to having zipped versions of our ISOs?  The
:file size wouldn't change much.
:
:If someone happens to be downloading with a Windows client, it's a minor
:pain in the rear to have to track down a gzip binary for Windows to get to
:the ISO.  I have one comment from the Digest where someone got bit by
:this, and I imagine there's others.
:
:http://www.shiningsilence.com/dbsdlog/2008/07/21/2940.html

    I see the reasoning but I don't like the idea of the multiplication of
    space used for N different compressed versions of the ISOs.

    It may be easier just to provide a pointer on the download page
    to windoz programs capable of decompressing the .gz.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>



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