From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33880: [PATCH] Compress past NEWS files during installation Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:02:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87wonw3w6v.fsf@gmail.com> <87a7hx7bcm.fsf@gmail.com> <83zhpx1o9x.fsf@gnu.org> <87r2b9xxi2.fsf@gmx.de> <87sgvp5ssr.fsf@gmail.com> <83va0l1gmu.fsf@gnu.org> <87bm2d5efv.fsf@gmail.com> <83imwk20wv.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8c2llmn.fsf@gmail.com> <87k1gy8tvk.fsf@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="124823"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 33880@debbugs.gnu.org, Alex To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 23 22:03:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hk-000WLn-7L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:03:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46624 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hi-0007Yk-QQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:03:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45849) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hd-0007YO-HV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hc-0002pv-Cw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:03:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41145) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8ha-0002n3-3O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:03:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hZ-0008AE-Vk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:03:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33880 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 33880-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33880.156132015631321 (code B ref 33880); Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33880) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jun 2019 20:02:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54684 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8hA-000896-Bo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:02:36 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:46340) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8h9-00088u-4i for 33880@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:02:35 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=stories) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hf8h3-0001O6-1C; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:02:31 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87k1gy8tvk.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Sat, 16 Mar 2019 21:08:31 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:161169 Archived-At: Michael Albinus writes: > Alex writes: > > Hi Alex, > >>>> If you view them in Emacs, then `auto-compression-mode' decompresses >>>> the files on the fly. >>> >>> I usually grep them outside Emacs. >> >> Any chance you have zgrep on your system? > > I believe we could find a solution for all these problems. But I still > don't understand why we should. > > Maybe you said it already, and I didn't care enough: could you pls say, > what is the advantage of compressed NEWS files, that we must do this. The space gain here was quite small, and there are drawbacks to compressing the NEWS files, and nobody seemed really enthusiastic about it, so I think the decision is not to do this, and I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no