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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 04:19:13 -0800
From: David Muir Sharnoff <muir@idiom.com>
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Subject: version of compress is kinda old and slow
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>Number:         146
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       version of compress is kinda old and slow
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 15 04:20:00 1995
>Closed-Date:    Sun Dec 15 16:11:35 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:  Sun Dec 15 16:12:50 PST 1996
>Originator:     David Muir Sharnoff
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Idiom Consulting
>Environment:

>Description:
	
	Several years ago, just a short while before gzip appeared,
	a much improved version of compress was distributed by the Free
	Software Foundation.  Although this version was distributed
	by the FSF, it is not under the GPL.

	When I say "much improved", I mean that it is more than twice
	as fast.  That makes it enough faster than gzip that in certain
	time-critical applications, like backups, you may be able to
	use compress and not be able to use gzip.

	I realize that the patent situation with compress is not so 
	great, but if you're going to ship it at all, you might as well
	ship the best.

	The FSF stopped distributing compress when gzip appeared.  I have
	no idea where the official site for this version is, but you can
	get a copy from 

		ftp://ftp.idiom.com/pub/net-sources/ncompress-4.2.4.tar.gz

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: mpp 
State-Changed-When: Sun Dec 15 16:11:35 PST 1996 
State-Changed-Why:  
Stale problem report (nearly 2 years old). 

Please re-file if you really want to see a newer version of compress 
supplied. 
>Unformatted:

