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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 13:34:43 -0600 |
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On 06/04/2010 12:59 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> Jim Meyering scripsit:
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>> If it's what you want, just say "I don't want to use xz".
>> I can't rebut that ;-)
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> Gzip compressors and decompressors are already available on, oh,
> about 100% of the computers on the planet. Gzip is defined by an
> RFC and has dozens of compatible implementations. It's neither
> the fastest nor the smallest compression algorithm, but it is
> definitely the standard-est.
Which is why the GNU Coding Standards still require that maintainers
ship .gz files, while leaving all other formats up to the whims of the
maintainers. But just because it is the only required format doesn't
mean that we can't also offer something better.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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Re: distribute xz-compressed tarballs, too?, Bruno Haible, 2010/06/06