Why .tgz packages for 4.x

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote:

> Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x?
> pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves
> ~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror

1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read.

2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for
users during the transition.  5.x has .tbz packages.

Kris
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