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That said, this is an interesting article, and I love to see people experimenting with modern compression algorithms for package management! There are a lot of
by terrelln 3y ago
That said, this is an interesting article, and I love to see people experimenting with modern compression algorithms for package management! There are a lot of easy wins in this space.
- unilynx 3y agoI think the article points out that there are no easy wins at all. Sure, you could try to update the compression algorithm any time it gives a small, easy win (and as others have pointed out, his approach to comparing algorithms is debatable) The interesting part of the article to me is: okay, now that we have a better compression option, how do we deploy it to an existing ecosystem? And suddenly we're looking at a 4 year migration path! No easy win at all.