On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > Even if they weren't useful for anything else, I think there's value in the
> > developers having to consider what is optional and what is not. This need
> > for constant review probably reduces the chance of bloat, over time even
> > in the full tarball.
>
> How about dropping the partial tarballs and using the space savings to
> distribute a .tar.bz2 archive as well.
We already do ... started with beta1 of 7.4 ...
