From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LZrHS-00023U-F6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EEBF2E03F5; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9DB2E03F5 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so799612fga.14 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:36:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=BzsN8E0yRlgXfhsgVmykgAJaNtqhQ7XLojw83R4TM+Q=; b=ZM6YvoaAs9DlF7r0TCZQeNkHupzJs0CJ7khMeDVgoyJo/bCJTvzYEU5fDR9s3HtSR7 wlPq+qWoJgU6ZWPX5zo6uR85QsUyBaVoCWTHu9dw40qFSvqZWyp8iWcLF2LSn3Uz1eRC Hn3mlyVO1abPK2YtTM+XbdW3jJMsF0VA7wfpY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=ZjcCHBrzVJqe6YxVaG5GDOcvVQUGAFTIhkWQMVKZy4loAEupCTdJt7wQYnPEQjYPVm SYPGkkiOL0rm+mgl7w675h8wqQl+X8F6oZOy3gW/RzEOIprz37B1FZuBl5wdS6DnC4YS /TKHuIQmwkn4s7oMEcEhQcxw2CZQCeSdNrfE4= Received: by 10.103.217.5 with SMTP id u5mr885727muq.42.1234982178929; Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:36:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from snowcone (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e33sm379593ugd.24.2009.02.18.10.36.17 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:36:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:36:11 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] prepalldocs is now banned Message-ID: <20090218183611.39d2eba1@snowcone> In-Reply-To: <20090218192846.17216137@gentoo.org> References: <20090213213017.GA3452@dodo.hsd1.nj.comcast.net> <200902172326.19358.bangert@gentoo.org> <9d2010770902171610u7839ac9bsedca72fa74b70d29@mail.gmail.com> <20090218001806.1a19df6b@snowcone> <20090218083958.01f2111f@gentoo.org> <20090218140646.10282a5b@snowcone> <20090218192846.17216137@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/GEG7b7Cx6sx_lkOvtJ1Davp"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: c1336e6b-b8db-40f7-905d-d7b3ab9a071a X-Archives-Hash: 675d24b502d16860bf17e59e645df004 --Sig_/GEG7b7Cx6sx_lkOvtJ1Davp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:28:46 +0100 Alexis Ballier wrote: > > If you don't explicitly need compression, don't do anything. >=20 > ... and mark relevant stuff as "ok to be compressed with whatever > suits you best"... sounds familiar? :) No. That's entirely the wrong approach, because it relies upon every ebuild having support for it, and most don't. The right approach, if you can demonstrate that there's a genuine benefit to compressing documentation, is to make a proposal for a future EAPI for compression by default for certain directories, with an override available for ebuilds that need specific behaviour. > > And if you're trying to make a space-critical distribution, start > > looking at the big things, not the 4% things. >=20 > When I do something space critical I exclude /usr/share/doc and a > couple of others... that doesn't mean I do like wasting space on > something not space critical when compression algorithms exist. If you care about space, focus on something relevant. You are wondering whether turning the radio off will make your car more fuel efficient whilst driving with flat tyres, the windows open and in the wrong gear. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/GEG7b7Cx6sx_lkOvtJ1Davp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmcVR4ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGXMwCgqpGMRZ9s5UUg+y/tvYmKvpJI SVsAn34+LrjA/ipRamCjslSuTo27o5f/ =982J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GEG7b7Cx6sx_lkOvtJ1Davp--