[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#2924) OK. the reorg patch has a bug. Help from a client expert?

["Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

banjo <banjo@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> would it be possible to pack the files in a tar.gz or .ar file
> as a way of saving space ?

Then we're right back to making it difficult to contribute graphics.
It would be a particular pain the butt for people contributing nations.

One of the things the new organization gives us is the possibility of 
speeding up startup by doing load-on-demand of individual sprites, rather
than slurping them all in before the client comes up.  Packing them into 
an archive file would lose that possibility.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>