RFP: UPX (Was Re: reducing binary distribution size with UPX)

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephano Mariani [mailto:sk.mail@btinternet.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 10:14 AM
> To: Robert Collins; 'Gerrit P. Haase'; 'Lapo Luchini'
> Cc: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: RFP: UPX (Was Re: reducing binary distribution 
> size with UPX)
> 
> 
> I never intended to imply that the packages should be 
> distributed compressed, but perhaps UPX functionality could 
> (in the distant not so near future) be integrated into setup, 
> such that the installed files could be compressed at the 
> users discretion based on its size. :)

Such things are certainly possible. 

Rob