ompress large files a little more than lzip."
If you pass to lzip the same dictionary size used by xz -9, then lzip wins.
-rw-r--r-- 1 15167441 Jul 7 22:17 octave-4.2.1.tar.lz
and so the comparison is fair enough : )
Maria Bisen
PS: I'm sorry, I'm aware that the message appears misplaced.
I started this thread. Now I know that
this is a long process, that you will consider when it would be suitable.
Thanks,
Maria Bisen
As a result, lzip is almost never used alone (without xz), and Debian can
justify forever the lack of lzip support
You need to consider all four points to understand the issue.
Maria Bisen
confirmed on 29 May that
incorrectly installed engine control software caused the fatal crash."
Maria Bisen
ould be a nice improvement in the Debian
> packaging domain.
Doesn't this mean that Debian has a COI? It establishes a criterion to adopt
a format and then tries to influence upstreams so the criterion is not met.
As an user of Octave who wish to see more lzip adoption, I don't think this
to be fair.
Maria Bisen
the only
marketing campaign here is Debian against lzip. Even if you don't like
something, for whatever personal reasons, I don't think it's fine to
influence
thousands of people, and Debian has the capacity to do so.
Maria Bisen
shouldn't
> repeat.) We are *extremely* conservative about source package formats
> because, once we adopt one, we have to support it for nearly forever;
> phasing one out again is quite difficult.
I think lzip is presently quite (maybe not “very”) wide spread. I wish that
when the moment lzip has enough use comes, you will make a decision
and will support lzip.
Thanks for all,
Maria Bisen
debian maintainer discretion.
>
> --
> Henrique Holschuh
Thanks for the information!
Maria Bisen
lzip support in a really important and
well-known distribution as Debian will help users everywhere.
Thank you for your attention.
Maria Bisen
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