On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:52:38 +0200 Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> wrote:
> xz has slow compression, fast decompression. You're not really going to > build packages on any box where compression speed is a blocker, and even if > you do, actually building the package will take a wolf share of the time. > > On the other hand, quite a few users will _decompress_ stuff on terribly > underpowered boxes, and xz shines there. Not quite, xz is also slower than gzip in decompression, cca 3 times, which is not neglectable on slow machines, especially when installing large sets of packages. -- 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/20131025173608.3dc4e...@eunet.rs
