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Subject: Re: too much distributions on php.net
From: colin@easydns.com (Colin Viebrock)

> Well, the bz2 version for the latest PHP is approx. 1MB smaller then the gz 
> version. I guess developers who download PHP source have bz2 on their 
> machines. Or is there any linux/unix without bz2 support? Or do we assume 
> that guys on Windows are unable to unbzip2 the download [also noting that the 
> docs are only provided in bz2 now!].

My Mac and Windows copies of Stuffit Expander handle .bz2 files.  WinZip
doesn't.  And there are lots of bzip apps for Windows.


> It was Mark AFAIK, and I don't think he has bandwidth problems. There is 
> probably not too much traffic there. The site is also linked from the 
> downloads page.

The lack of traffic may be because the "recent" downloads are available
from all the mirrors.  I'm just wondering if we take them off the
mirrors, what will the traffic be?

But you are probably right ... I imagine that most of the downloads are
for the most recent versions.  If we move everything like I suggested
off of the mirrors and into the museum, Mark's probably not going to
notice any traffic difference.

- Colin