site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZb4pSS0yVMRcfVEdq+9AANkzDgagAZc5mh Thread-topic: Low Rate of Compression in Package Maker Wow! How much of that is resources and how much are binaries? -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+linder=iomega.com@lists.apple.com on behalf of Ruslan Zasukhin Sent: Sun 4/9/2006 8:33 AM To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Cc: Subject: Low Rate of Compression in Package Maker Hi Guys, Since I have get into this, I like ask next. It seems PM use simple ZIP algorithm. The famous Windows *free* installer maker InnoSetup compress our files 2 times better! PM produce 8-9MB archive IS produce 4.6-5 Mb archives. If I try compress our files using StuffIt then I also get about 4.5-4.6 MB. So I wonder, if InnoSetup - free product - is able use some (LZA it seems) algorithm to get so good compression, why Apple not use it also ? It is really critical point, especially now, when we need produce Universal Binary format. Archive of our UB Valentina Studio is 28MB. The Valentina Studio WIN archive -- only 6MB .... When I see this, I say -- wow. :-) -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/linder%40iomega.com This email sent to linder@iomega.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com