Re: Nping tarballs

[Henri Salo <henri () nerv fi>]

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:32:36 +0100
"Luis M." <luis.mgarc () gmail com> wrote:

> Hi Henri,
>
> When I wrote the internal Nping release scripts I didn't add bzip2
> files because in my opinion there is no point on offering both
> formats since tar.gz can be decompressed on virtually any Unix.
> Adding another format just adds a bit more complexity when releasing
> new versions and, with today's inet bandwidth I don't think the
> better compression ratio offered by bz2 is enough reason to include
> an additional source package.
>
> However, I am willing to change my mind if there are good reasons for
> it. Why should Nping also be offered in bz2 format?
>
> About the sig files, you are right. I'll add a TODO list so next
> releases include them.
>
> Regards,
> Luis.

This is not must, but would be nice to have. Nmap is offered in bzip2
too.

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Henri Salo
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