FS#22962 : gzip all kernel modules (nvidia, lirc, etc.) for consistency

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FS#22962 - gzip all kernel modules (nvidia, lirc, etc.) for consistency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (graysky) - Saturday, 19 February 2011, 15:45 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 08:09 GMT

Task Type	Feature Request
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) Thomas Bächler (brain0) Ionut Biru (wonder)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Since all kernel modules provided by kernel26 are now gzip compressed, I recommend doing so for all packages providing modules as well. For example, nvidia, lirc, etc.

Thoughts? Waste of time? Good idea?

This task depends upon

Closed by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 08:09 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed