Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:40:22 +0100 (MET) | From | "Michael L. Galbraith" <> | Subject | RE: OFFTOPIC: Re: bzip2 for kernel dists? |
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On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Jordan Mendelson wrote:
> > On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Jordan Mendelson wrote: > > > > > really want to type that stupid 2?), it yeilds better compression than > > > gzip. It's being used in a few projects, egcs & glibc are the only ones > I > > > can think of. > > > > Gimp too. > > > So, bzip2 yeilds better compression, it's free (no patent restrictions on > algs, etc), and it's available in binary & source form for Linux & a number > of other OSs. What's keeping kernels from being distributed like this? > > > Jordan > > >
The fact that everyone in the Linux world would be forced to upgrade?
Imagine the flood of HEEEEEELP messages in the meantime.
-Mike
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