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

[walter harms <wharms-fPG8STNUNVg@public.gmane.org>]

Am 18.04.2016 16:49, schrieb Mike Frysinger:
> On 16 Apr 2016 18:30, Alexander Miller wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:50:58 -0400
>> Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>  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.
> 
> sorry for the ambigious term ... i'm not referring to disk space, but
> to the code "sucking up space in the Makefiles and our eyes".
> 
>> 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 not advocating for the status quo ;)
> -mike

as one of those people that like to have it directly from source ...

I would advocate for having just one compression type .gz would be ok.
space i nowadays not the main concern but it is convinced to have.

re,
 wh
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