Frantisek Zatloukal wrote:
Saving 142 MBs isn't going to make a huge difference in download
times
(disclaimer: I don't know how is the internet connection
speed in other areas, I have not that fast connection of 200mbps down
(slowest possible in my area), so 142 MB saving would make roughly 6
seconds difference myself).
There still exist connections as slow as 33 kbps. At that speed, 142 MB take
at least 10 hours to download (probably more because 1 data byte takes more
than 8 raw bits to transfer and because the theoretical speed cannot always
be sustained). Depending on when you started the download (which takes a few
days overall), that can mean you lose an entire day (if you are not lucky
enough that those 10+ extra hours are overnight).
On the other hand, saving minutes in the installation process (as
seen
with zstd if I am reading the numbers correctly) is not only going to help
users with installation times, but also us, Fedora QA, with faster
testing, both manual and automated (OpenQA).
Most end users will not notice their one-time installation being a couple
minutes slower.
Kevin Kofler