[OSM-talk] LZMA planets

[Tom Hughes]

In message <1199198872.6160.29.camel at Scooby-Dum>
          Bruce Cowan <lists at bcowan.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

> I remember 7-Zip planets being provided in the past, what was the reason
> for removing them?

Basically because nobody used them (most people look at a .7z file
and wonder what on earth it is as far as I can tell).

That and the the fact that it took forever to generate. The bzip one
is bad enough, 7zip was worse. For a full planet the time is measured
in hours, not minutes.

Tom

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