On 14 Sep 2010, at 11:58, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> * Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:34:23PM CEST:
>> * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Prefer better file format.
> 
>> Any objections to this patch?  xz is a more robust successor to lzma.
> 
> I'm fine with, if you also adjust HACKING, .gitignore, Makefile.maint.
> We require new-enough Automake for the toplevel anyway now.  Please give
> Gary a couple of days to object, in case his release setup has other
> requirements.

No objections.

I'm curious to know what the history of lzma and xz is that makes this
desirable though.

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (g...@gnu.org)

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