Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751341AbWJBDcL (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:32:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751343AbWJBDcL (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:32:11 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:37099 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751341AbWJBDcK (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:32:10 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <20061002033511.GB12695@zimmer> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:32:07 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 730 Lines: 18 In article <20061002033511.GB12695@zimmer> you wrote: > The pace of compression algorithm development is high enough that I'd > suggest that the bar be placed quite high before switching to a new > compression format that's not reverse compatible. > > For those interested, I'm working on publishing a proof of concept that > can make most tarballs compress better. About 2-3% better in my tests > with bzip2/gzip on the Linux kernel source code. 3% is not a high bar. Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/