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Re: Switching default dpkg-deb compressor to xz



I'm complaining.

Why are you fixing something that isn't broken and isn't an issue ?
Are you trying to cause problems with free software?
Are you playing favorites?
It's too new to say if it has no long term problems (ie, such as support issues).

How is shipping (ie kernel) in all three of .gz, and .bz2,
and in .xz saving anyone on either size any time or effort?
It isn't.

I still think Compress is all the rage and the best of
end all solutions :)


Guillem Jover wrote:
Hi!

As mentioned some months ago [0], I'm planning to switch dpkg-deb default
compressor from gzip to xz, as there seemed to be consensus that was


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