css minification

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/16/15 3:53 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 1/16/15 12:37 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On 1/16/15 12:40 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> I just added
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/770, which
>>> generates minified css files. This is because in the near future css
>>> files will become heftier (more documentation comments, more detailed
>>> styles etc).
>>>
>>> The disadvantage is that now one needs to be online to generate
>>> documentation. Thoughts?
>>
>> Almost all browsers support gzip transfer of files. You'd get much
>> better mileage with just gzipping the file.
>>
>> -Steve
>
> That's part of the protocol, right? We should be doing that anyway.
> Anyhow, the css is really hot and comments just add to it, compressed or
> not. -- Andrei

I think this is way over-optimization.

If the system already sends gzipped, I don't think any kind of 
minification is going to improve enough to the point of justifying all this.

(Dons Walter hat): have you profiled to see how much it saves?

-Steve