On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 05:36:08PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > 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.
This is incorrect. xz -[012] is way better in terms of decompression time and compression ratio then gzip -9 (the old default). Bastian -- We fight only when there is no other choice. We prefer the ways of peaceful contact. -- Kirk, "Spectre of the Gun", stardate 4385.3 -- 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/20131025172615.ga6...@mail.waldi.eu.org