Re: [PATCH 0/7] Improve support for compressed man pages

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 04/16/2016 05:30 PM, Alexander Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:50:58 -0400
> Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>> imo, we should just drop all compression support.  distros already
>> handle this properly and pick whatever they want/need.
> 
> For distros this is useless, of course. I've never used it either.
> But I guess there are still people installing stuff from sources
> without using a package manager, and they might find it convenient.
> 
>>  if no one
>> is using this code, then it's just sucking up space.
> 
> I'm not concerned about the space, but code needs to be maintained.
> IMO, as long as it works, we can keep it; if it has issues we'd
> better remove it.
> 
> We can drop compression support or do it right - I'm fine with
> either option. We shouldn't keep the status quo, though.

I'm inclined to say drop it. Would you mind putting together a 
patch, Alex?

Cheers,

Michael


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