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>>>>> "JJN" == Joseph J Nuspl <nuspl@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu> writes:

JJN> Whenever I get a new distribution of XEmacs, the first thing I do
JJN> after installing is gzip'ing the info files.  This saves 5M of space.
JJN> Granted 5M is not a lot but one of the major complaints that I hear
JJN> about XEmacs is how much more space it requires to install.

And for the betas, how much time it takes to download, particularly
in Europe.

JJN> How about making the default target for installing the info files
JJN> gzip'ing them?

Would you please work up some patches for that?


What would you think if I split the beta tar files up with
documentation in its own file?
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