On ma, 2007-01-15 at 14:31 +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:39:18PM +0000, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > Does LZMA have any drawbacks? > > It is far less deployed as bzip2, so manually unpacking .deb packages on > some random GNU/Linux or Unix rescue system is more likely to fail. > Bzip2 is pretty ubiquitous these days, so comparing lzma numbers to > bzip2 might make sense as well.
That's true. I would, personally, favor a small .deb over ease of unpacking on a non-Debian system. The latter is a fairly rare thing, as far as I can see, and having to download and build a DFSG-free compression tool is a hassle, but not, I think, excessively so. -- The road is wide and the sky is tall, before I die I will see it all.--H.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
