[issue6715] xz compression support

Skip Montanaro added the comment: What is xz compression and why is it important? Skip -- nosy: +skip.montanaro ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6715] xz compression support

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc added the comment: Is zc really a C library? I could find a standalone program, but no shared object. Actually, it seems that zc is a file format based on the lzma algorithm. The plan could be to first implement the lzma module (issue5689), then a xzfile module in pure pytho

[issue6715] xz compression support

New submission from devurandom : Python currently supports zlib, gzip and bzip2 compressors. What is missing is support for xz (http://tukaani.org/xz/). It comes with a C library. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 91657 nosy: devurandom severity: normal status: open title: xz comp