On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:16:53 -0300 Matias Fonzo <s...@dragora.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:31:50 -0500 > Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On 04/05/2017 09:42 AM, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > > > > > Is there any chance to fix the problem once and for all by > > > switching to lzip (as Eric Blake proposed[1]), instead of asking > > > others to just palliate some of the symptoms? > > > > > > [1] > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-01/msg00008.html > > > > Note that I was not proposing "switching to lzip", but "adding lzip > > in parallel to existing xz". I still think that parallel > > distribution formats is probably worthwhile, but I'm not strongly > > convinced enough to push my patch through against the wishes of > > other core developers on the project. > > > > Can developers release (liberate) the ego?. There's nothing wrong in > want to provide a "second" format, this increases the chances for > accessing the project, inspect, study, etc. > Maybe this can help in the decision -- from the author of xz[1]: "XZ Utils is already an over-engineered pig". [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/xz-devel@tukaani.org/msg00076.html All the best, Matias
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