release tarball sizes

[Christopher R. Hertel]

I'd agree.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 02:49:35PM -0500, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> Intertesting notes....
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> source + docs (like we normally do it).
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> ~   9825878 10-10 14:38 samba-3.0.1pre1.tar.bz2
> ~  11086756 10-10 14:37 samba-3.0.1pre1.tar.gz
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> removing the docs/ directory and packaging it
> separately.
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> ~   2495669 10-10 14:42 samba-3.0.1pre1.tar.bz2
> ~   3196113 10-10 14:42 samba-3.0.1pre1.tar.gz
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> Pretty compelling stuff I think since most people
> would grab the source+docs initially and then be more
> interesting in the source only.  Also could split
> the RedHat RPMS like this and save space as well.
> 
> Save ~8Mb per download on a a release is pretty
> compelling to me.
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> 
> cheers, jerry
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