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Re: distribute xz-compressed tarballs, too?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: distribute xz-compressed tarballs, too? |
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Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:33:36 -0600 |
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On 06/04/2010 12:56 PM, Harvey Chapman wrote:
> Curious, is xz just 7zip? I've never heard of xz or seen an xz archive prior
> to today. I'm all for offering smaller archives. I've just never heard of it.
xz uses the same compression algorithms as 7zip, but a file format that
is MUCH more robust and with a command line interface that is drop-in
compatible with the familiar gzip tool.
http://tukaani.org/xz/
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Re: distribute xz-compressed tarballs, too?, Bruno Haible, 2010/06/06