1.6Gb of workdir/.../Dep - thoughts ...

[Noel Grandin]

On 2012-06-04 17:19, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote:
> Note however, that every bit of added complexity to the build system 
> will bite you back one day. Currently the Deps are ~10% of the working 
> directory -- even if you reduce them by 90%(*),
> (*) which you wont unless you gzip them (which is doable and shouldnt 
> have too big of an performance impact)

When dealing with simple stuff like ascii text, the compress command is
- practically free on modern CPU's,
- uses minimal memory,
and gives you 80% of the benefit of the more sophisticated compression 
tools.


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