From: Theo Veenker (Theo.Veenker@let.uu.nl)
Date: Mon Mar 21 2005 - 04:07:47 CST
Asmus Freytag wrote:
> At 01:09 AM 3/21/2005, Theo Veenker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In http://www.unicode.org/Public/4.1.0/ReadMe-4.1.0d7.txt it says
>> "Zipped versions of UCD data files for Version 4.1.0 are posted in:
>> ftp://www.unicode.org/Public/zipped/4.1.0/"
>>
>> Will the zipped folder contain all data files for all UCD versions
>> or just the files the UCD maintainers consider worth zipping.
>
>
> The intent is that the zipped folder for each version provides the
> same information as the unzipped folder.
Ah, great!
> However, the Unihan database is a large chunk of the UCD that's not
> needed by everyone. Therefore, it will be zipped separately.
>
> That struck us as the correct balance between convenience of
> getting the files and not forcing people to download
> more than they actually want to use.
Sounds very reasonable.
Thanks,
Theo
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