From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: walter harms Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Improve support for compressed man pages Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:08:06 +0200 Message-ID: <5714F856.9090206@bfs.de> References: <20160416022503.1df762cb.alex.miller@gmx.de> <20160416045058.GS6588@vapier.lan> <20160416183013.352f4ba6.alex.miller@gmx.de> <20160418144918.GK5369@vapier.lan> Reply-To: wharms-fPG8STNUNVg@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160418144918.GK5369-UgUKS2FnFs9+urZeOPWqwQ@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Alexander Miller , linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.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 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html