[Lazarus] (no subject)

[Sandro Cumerlato]

Sorry Frederic for the misunderstanding, my suggestion was intended only
for personal usage and not for the official distribution of Lazarus.

Thinking about it better, it could be a good idea perform a VirusTotal
check of UPXed executable before releasing a new version of the software.

Sandro

On 7 May 2015 at 19:59, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2015-05-07 17:54 GMT+02:00 Sandro Cumerlato <sandro.cumerlato at gmail.com>:
>
>> I'd like to recommend you to STRIP and UPX executables under Windows.
>>
>> Initial executables size:
>> lazarus.exe  170859359 bytes (*)
>> lazbuild.exe  52797635 bytes
>> startlazarus.exe  15897492 bytes
>>
>> after STRIP and UPX:
>> lazarus.exe  4093952 bytes (*)
>> lazbuild.exe  1653760 bytes
>> startlazarus.exe  1653760 bytes
>>
>> executables size is reduced to:
>> lazarus.exe  2% of the original size
>> lazbuild.exe  3% of the original size
>> startlazarus.exe  10% of the original size
>>
>> ...and Lazarus (*) starts as a real cheetah! :)
>>
>> Just my 2 cents.
>>
>
> Some anti-virus software consider UPXed executables as potentially
> dangerous. So while this idea often works, I suggest it is better left as
> an option to the users.
>
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