On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:30:12PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 12, Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> wrote: > > > Thus, let's just switch dpkg-deb's default to xz. Lowering bandwidth usage > > is worth the extra build time cost. > Agreed, this looks like a good idea. > > -- > ciao, > Marco
The only problem with xz as a default: I can currently unpack a .deb on any Unix system which has ar - and I did, no more than a week ago, in order to find Debian documentation and licences to pass to "legal people". xz might, potentially, cause more problems. All the best, AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120514213322.gc2...@galactic.demon.co.uk
