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Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency
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John Hawkinson |
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Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency |
Date: |
Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:16:25 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-05-28) |
Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote on Fri, 2 Mar 2012
at 17:10:17 -0700 in <address@hidden>:
> Actually, this really is part of the reason - since xz is technically
> superior to gzip (better compression, same decompression speeds), we are
> doing users a favor by getting xz installed and commonly available in
> more places.
Generally speaking, if you think you are "doing a favor" by adding
a requirement, most people will disagree with you.
address@hidden
John Hawkinson
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, (continued)
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Bob Friesenhahn, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Bob Friesenhahn, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Eric Blake, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/02
Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Warren Young, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Eric Blake, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency,
John Hawkinson <=
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Warren Young, 2012/03/02
- Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, Russ Allbery, 2012/03/02
- Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/06
- Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Bob Friesenhahn, 2012/03/06
- Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Mike Frysinger, 2012/03/06
- Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Jim Meyering, 2012/03/06
- Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Mike Frysinger, 2012/03/06
Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz, Russ Allbery, 2012/03/06
Re: Autoconf distributions and xz dependency, James K. Lowden, 2012/03/02