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AdvanceZip / BinUtils / CMT Solitaire / DOS DEATH / LZMA (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 26.12.2010, 08:04

> [ WinXP ] Tue 11/23/2010> for %c in (a e i o u) do @echo %c
> DOS lives!

Where :confused: ???

> > For most users it only squeezes out out some more bytes, since they
> > download a compiler because of the functionality, not because of its bloat

> actually shaved 2 MB off the "full" DOS 2.4.2 .ZIP download

Yeah ... haven't we (or was it just me ?) already found out that the FPC BLOAT could be reduced by factor 3 at least by:

- Removing garbage or unnecessary stuff (Linux examples, ...)
- Avoiding UPX
- Switching to solid LZMA compression

See also: IDE (not retested yet)

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Complete thread:

FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 15.10.2010, 23:25
- FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 16.10.2010, 04:28
  - FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 18.10.2010, 20:32
    - FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 18.10.2010, 23:36
      - FPC 2.4.2RC1 -- DJGPP Binutils - Rugxulo, 19.10.2010, 09:46
        GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 19.10.2010, 14:27
        GPL source hosting requirement - Rugxulo, 19.10.2010, 22:33
        GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 19.10.2010, 22:57
        GPL source hosting requirement - Rugxulo, 20.10.2010, 00:35
        GPL source hosting requirement - ecm, 20.10.2010, 00:40
        GPL source hosting requirement - marcov, 20.10.2010, 09:47
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 15:47
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 16:36
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 22.10.2010, 05:14
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - DOS386, 23.10.2010, 09:21
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.10.2010, 10:16
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 18.11.2010, 21:15
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 19.11.2010, 15:05
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 22.11.2010, 15:23
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.11.2010, 00:29
        LZMA SDK 4.42 for FPC - marcov, 25.11.2010, 11:55
        AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - Rugxulo, 25.12.2010, 12:39
        AdvanceZip / BinUtils / CMT Solitaire / DOS DEATH / LZMA - DOS386, 26.12.2010, 08:04
        AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - marcov, 01.01.2011, 00:40
        AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - Rugxulo, 01.01.2011, 05:47
        AdvanceZip / FBC BinUtils / CMT Solitaire - marcov, 01.01.2011, 13:02
        no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Rugxulo, 01.01.2011, 14:03
        no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Laaca, 01.01.2011, 15:12
        no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - marcov, 01.01.2011, 16:56
        no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - marcov, 01.01.2011, 17:46
        no FPC Go32v2 maintainer(s) / Unicode kills us all - Rugxulo, 03.01.2011, 09:44
        BUG - DOS386, 08.03.2011, 14:37
        BUG - FPC 2.5.1 snapshot - Rugxulo, 08.03.2011, 22:40
        BUG - Japheth, 10.03.2011, 12:17
        BUG - Laaca, 10.03.2011, 12:31
        BUG - DOS386, 03.05.2011, 09:48
      - UPX-UCL 3.07 - Rugxulo, 20.10.2010, 03:44
      - FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 04.11.2010, 09:49
        FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 08.11.2010, 22:27
        FPC 2.4.2RC1 - marcov, 10.11.2010, 20:38
        FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Laaca, 11.11.2010, 00:06
        FPC 2.4.2RC1 - Rugxulo, 11.11.2010, 04:03
        FPC 2.4.2 (final) released - Rugxulo, 14.11.2010, 20:11
        "for .. in" - Rugxulo, 24.11.2010, 01:08
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Rugxulo, 15.11.2010, 22:36
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 18.11.2010, 21:13
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Laaca, 19.11.2010, 11:10
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - Rugxulo, 19.11.2010, 14:52
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 22.11.2010, 13:00
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - ecm, 22.11.2010, 14:43
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - marcov, 22.11.2010, 15:21
        CWSDPMI r5 vs. r7 (paq8o8z) - ecm, 22.11.2010, 16:08
        CWSDPMI r7 for FPC - Rugxulo, 23.11.2010, 00:03