Jaroslav Reznik (jrez...@redhat.com) said: > = Proposed System Wide Change: lbzip2 as default bzip2 implementation = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/lbzip2 > > Change owner(s): Mikolaj Izdebski <mizde...@redhat.com> > > This change aims at making lbzip2 [1] default bzip2 implementation used in > Fedora. > > == Detailed Description == > lbzip2 is an independent implementation of bzip2 compression tool. It > provides > interface strictly compatible with bzip2, but also adds several new features > and improvements, such as: > > * multi-threaded operation for both compression and decompression, with > almost > linear scalability, > * improved performance, even on single-core systems, > * improved extra utilities (bzdiff, bzless, bzip2recover, etc.), > * improved compatibility with gzip. > > lbzip2 is a mature project and it has been used in production for years. It > is > already packaged for Fedora and it is also available in EPEL.
A quick check shows lbzip2 doesn't provide a library interface, much less one compatible with libbz2. Is that ever intended? If it's not, saying lbzip2 is the default bzip2 *implementation* may be a bit of a stretch. Perhaps s/implementation/command/. Bill -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
