Re: xz instead of bzip2

2017-06-05 Thread Antonio Diaz Diaz
Hello Andreas et all, Andreas Schwab wrote: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-01/msg9.html In the above link I read the following affirmation by Jim Meyering: "I found/find that xz is superior to lzip". But he does not back his affirmation with any evidence. Appeal to au

Re: xz instead of bzip2

2017-06-05 Thread Matias Fonzo
On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:24:50 +0200 Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Jun 05 2017, Matias Fonzo wrote: > > > Dear GCC developers, > > > > What happens here ! > > > > "Weekly snapshots now use xz compression [2017-05-24] > > ...instead of bzip2." > > > > Are you aware that a better implementation /

Re: xz instead of bzip2

2017-06-05 Thread Andreas Schwab
On Jun 05 2017, Matias Fonzo wrote: > Dear GCC developers, > > What happens here ! > > "Weekly snapshots now use xz compression [2017-05-24] > ...instead of bzip2." > > Are you aware that a better implementation / format exists for this > purposes?: > > http://lzip.nongnu.org/ > > Review