[arch-general] Packages getting smaller?

Zachary (Asian) zacharyw09264 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 13 22:38:54 EDT 2012


My guess is that they switched from adding features to removing bloat,
which results in a smaller filesize.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Brendan Long <self at brendanlong.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed recently that a lot of upgrades have been making the total
> installed size go down. Has something changed in the packaging, like
> compressed binaries or a new version of GCC or something? I'm just curious.
>
> Brendan
>


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