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Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF (Users)

posted by DOS386, 24.02.2011, 11:36
(edited by DOS386 on 24.02.2011, 11:47)

> Well I managed to download the file and tested pdfdraw and pdfinfo

IE 10 ???

> And I still look for a viewer for pgm, ppm and pam files

Did you test those all GraphPaintCAD and all failed ?

Try also NVIEW to view directly and NCONVERT to convert before viewing XX.

> The file gets so big mainly because of the source code directory.
> Maybe one can make a separate file for the binary versions only.

NO. Do you mean the RAR you downloaded ? Is it 24 MiB ?

Then the reasons most likely are:

- Usage of UPX - get ft017027.zi7 (7 MiB) and try to find out how I could put 8 versions of the thing (5 MiB to 8 MiB per piece) with source code into just 7 MiB total
- Usage of a poor archiver / bad archive format

Most likely the file could be optimized "losslessly" below 10 MiB

Removing the source is a bad idea because:

- it adds very little bloat if compressed well
- it is needed (GPL)

My above complaints were mostly about the page (see shot size ), but the RAR file is bloated too, apart from Adobe-XXX (incredible 50 MiB), and the "broken" spec (15 MiB)

PS: please (Georg) let me know about "AX=8" issue or INT13 bugfixes ... I did not have time for further test so far

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Complete thread:

• Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - DOS386, 24.02.2011, 07:33 (Users)
  • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - georgpotthast, 24.02.2011, 10:28
    • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - DOS386, 24.02.2011, 11:36
      • Compression results - georgpotthast, 24.02.2011, 12:03
    • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - RayeR, 24.02.2011, 13:55
      • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - georgpotthast, 24.02.2011, 14:47
        • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - RayeR, 24.02.2011, 14:53
          • pdfdraw test - georgpotthast, 24.02.2011, 15:16
  • Bloat CRAP: Adobe + Uloz.to "StAihnout" + 15 MiB PDF - RayeR, 24.02.2011, 14:48