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On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 08:47 -0700, Graeme Gregory wrote:
> The only real advantage micro has in size is that it creates less
> directories. The images are not as far as I can see physically any
> smaller.

You should generally get smaller images with micro, though how much
smaller will obviously depend on what exactly you are building.  What
file sizes were you seeing in your test?

p.