Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

vande198 · 2004-07-10 00:47:35

As an arch lover who recently downgraded to a dial up connection, I was wondering if it might be prudent to have pacman support bz2 packages so that especially large packages might be more swiftly downloaded.

Moreover, looking in the long term, an eventual switch from gzip to bzip2 would save space on the download servers as well (freebsd switched their package format to tbz2 for this very reason).

Dusty · 2004-07-10 00:55:05

search for this issue.

sarah31 · 2004-07-10 03:26:02

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … hlight=bz2

Moritz · 2004-07-12 10:24:16

hehe... it comes again and again and again

Dusty · 2004-07-12 15:31:16

Some lazy documentor should put this in the devland article...

anybody want to take a chainsaw to my TODO list?

Dusty

sarah31 · 2004-07-12 17:18:51

well if you stopped goofing around here you might get a bit more done on your to do list ...... oh wait probably not. you likely just sit at the window watching your neighbors cows.

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#1 2004-07-10 00:47:35

Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

#2 2004-07-10 00:55:05

Re: Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

#3 2004-07-10 03:26:02

Re: Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

#4 2004-07-12 10:24:16

Re: Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

#5 2004-07-12 15:31:16

Re: Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

#6 2004-07-12 17:18:51

Re: Feature request...pkg.tar.bz2 support?

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