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5 UPX - ID: 1863480
Last Update: Comment added ( rayven01 )

Exe and dll files should be compressed using upx to shrink the install
size

I compressed some of the dll files and saw that the overall size has
dropped about 30mb


Jonathan ( jon_tran ) - 2008-01-03 22:11

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Date: 2008-02-05 21:52
Sender: rayven01Project Admin


GnuCash Portable 2.2.3 Development Test 3 now has UPX compressed binaries
as I was finally able to create a script to reliably test whether the
compressed files were valid.


Date: 2008-01-14 21:15
Sender: rayven01Project Admin


There is a script called UPXGnc.cmd in the source directory that is a
work-in-progress toward compressing binaries. There are many binaries in
GnuCash that do not work correctly when compressed, however, and all of
these have not yet been tracked down. Further comment on what binaries you
have found can or cannot be safely compressed is welcome and will be added
to this script.

It's unlikely that the binaries would be compressed in the actual release
because of the risk of problems which could potentially corrupt valuable
financial data. The script is intended to be an 'at-your-own-risk'
solution for those to whom space is more important than potential errors.


Date: 2008-01-03 22:12
Sender: jon_tran


BTW I'll be glad to compress the exe and dll files if anyone else doesn't
want to do it.


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Field Old Value Date By
status_id Open 2008-02-05 21:52 rayven01
close_date - 2008-02-05 21:52 rayven01
assigned_to nobody 2008-01-14 21:17 rayven01