From: Massimiliano Mirra <list@...>
Date: 2002-01-14T09:40:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way for platf. independent compression?

On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 08:48:25AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote:
> I just tend to think it's a good idea if we make the package manager pure 
> Ruby so we dont' have any outside dependencies.  

Totally agree.

> Speed is not an issue for this particular application.  How good
> does the compression have to be for this?  Speed isn't really an
> issue in this case either.

Frankly, pure Ruby modules, a README and a handful of test cases might
well go without using compression at all.  In the end, however, we
might be sending around compiled libraries and HTML docs with maybe
pictures.

I don't care too much about speed because installation is not a
repetitive task (not to the point where slowness might set its teeth
in people's nerves anyway).  A good degree of compression might be a
better target at aim to (there it is, the 33.6k user again...).

Massimiliano