Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 23484: /trunk/ /trunk/: config.nmake /trunk/packaging/po

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

gal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb:
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=23484
>
>  Update to optionally use the "Ultimate Packer for eXecutables" (UPX) to pack the exes and dlls prior to U3 and PortableApps packaging.
>   
Very nice!
>  For the U3 package, this results in a 40% smaller package.
>   
What I've roughly expected.
>  For the PortableApps version, the package size is not much different, but the install time is quicker.
>   
... and it will be smaller on the stick. PortableApps uses an NSIS 
installer, which has a pretty good compression ratio - so it's not 
surprising that packging the executables a second time won't help a lot.

The values I've measured (install time and size on stick):
"uncompressed" 2:50 55MB
"UPX" 2:00 36MB

So it seems to be worth included into the "standard" U3 and PortableApps 
packaging IMO.


What about putting the upx301w.zip file into wireshark-win32-libs so we 
have it available on the build machine and let the config.nmake setting 
point to it as default?

Regards, ULFL