Hello, I'm seeking a sponsor for the package rzip. rzip is very efficient in compressing large files because it has an effective buffer of 900MB - bzip2 has one of 32KB. It's slower than bzip2 and cannot be used in a pipe, but the results are worth it - see the homepage for some benchmarks.
Here's the relevant information: Package name: rzip Version: 2.0 Upstream author: Andrew Tridgell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://rzip.samba.org/ License: GPL Description: compression program for large files rzip is a compression program able to take advantage of long distance redundancies in files, allowing greater compression ratios. rzip has an effective history buffer of 900 MB. However, rzip cannot read from standard input or write to standard output. I'd be grateful to anyone who would sponsor this package. It will close wnpp bug #236690 [1]. It is available from my webpage [2], and is lintian and linda clean. Thanks for your time, Alec Berryman [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=236690 [2] http://www.bowdoin.edu/~aberryma/rzip/
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