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Please distribute tracking_model.dat in compressed form #8

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iskunk opened this issue Jan 16, 2020 · 0 comments
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Please distribute tracking_model.dat in compressed form #8

iskunk opened this issue Jan 16, 2020 · 0 comments

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iskunk commented Jan 16, 2020

$ ls -l tracking_model.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 skunk users 3862075490 Jan 15 16:06 tracking_model.dat

$ xz -9v tracking_model.dat 
tracking_model.dat (1/1)
  100 %     275.5 MiB / 3,683.2 MiB = 0.075    12 MiB/s       5:01             

$ ls -l tracking_model.dat.xz 
-rw-r--r-- 1 skunk users 288869168 Jan 15 16:06 tracking_model.dat.xz

Not only does the file compress very well, making possible an easier download for users on slow/metered connections, this would also add a measure of data integrity, as the compressed format can be checked for errors.

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