From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To: <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Fileutils 4.0 released
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:00:09 +0200
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> -: I've uploaded the release version of Fileutils 4.0 here:
> 
> Have the binaries in fil40b.zip been stripped?
> (The binary distro is extremely large; more than
> twice the size of fil316b.zip.)
> 
How about adding a recommendation (to the FAQ, or the KB, or
wherever appropriate) that executables be compressed with UPX?
This would have little ot no effect on the .zip file, but
would significantly reduce the installed size of a package.
Or is there a reason why this should not be done?