[Slackbuilds-users] 13.1

[David Woodfall]

On (22:41 25/05/10), Patrick Volkerdink <volkerdi at slackware.com> put forth the proposition:
> On 05/25/2010 10:30 PM, Robby Workman wrote:
>> Anyway, since there seems to be some desire for a definitive
>> statement on this, I'm going to make one:
>>
>> There are no plans to change the default package compression at
>> any point in the near future.  The reasons include, but are not
>> necessarily limited to, the following:
>>
>> 1. We like it that way.  :-)
>>
>> 2. It works fine as is.
>>
>> 3. It minimizes the time required to build a package.
>>
>> 4. It's easy to customize if the admin prefers something else.
>>
>> 5. There's no compelling reason to change it.
>>
>> 6.  We like it that way.  :-)

I don't really see any need to change. I set PKGTYPE and ARCH up in
shell long ago.

>
> I'd have to agree.  For local package builds, a .tgz default makes  
> sense.  But if you happen to be running out of space for packages on a  
> CD, then you can switch to .txz easily enough.  :-D
>
> Take care,
>
> Pat
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