Re: Request for review: xz-utils package description
Justin B Rye wrote:
> The only thing I notice now is that the punctuation doesn't follow
> the debian-l10n-english "standard" (which isn't mandatory, but I'll
> mention it anyway).
Thanks.
> * uncompressed chunks.
>
> (Uncompressed chunks are a good thing?)
Yes, since they avoid wasting time and space compressing and
uncompressing in the common case of already-compressed files in an
archive (or other uncompressible data).
On the other hand, this seems like something to mention in the
documentation rather than the package description. Thanks for
pointing it out.
Here is what remains. Thoughts?
Package: liblzma0
Description: XZ-format compression library
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which provides memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
.
The native format of liblzma is XZ; it also supports raw (headerless)
streams and the older LZMA format used by lzma. (For 7-Zip's related
format, use the p7zip package instead.)
Package: xz-utils
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which gives memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
.
This package provides the command line tools for working with XZ
compression, including xz, unxz, xzcat, xzgrep, and so on. They can
also handle the older LZMA format, and if invoked via appropriate
symlinks will emulate the behavior of the commands in the lzma
package.
.
The XZ format is similar to the older LZMA format but includes some
improvements for general use:
.
* 'file' magic for detecting XZ files;
* crc64 data integrity check;
* limited random-access reading support;
* improved support for multithreading (not used in xz-utils);
* support for flushing the encoder.
Package: liblzma-dev
Description: XZ-format compression library - development files
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which gives memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
.
The native format of liblzma is XZ; it also supports raw (headerless)
streams and the older LZMA format used by lzma. (For 7-Zip's related
format, use the p7zip package instead.) This package provides the
development library needed to build programs using liblzma.
Package: liblzma-doc
Description: XZ-format compression library - API documentation
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which gives memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
.
The native format of liblzma is XZ; it also supports raw (headerless)
streams and the older LZMA format used by lzma. (For 7-Zip's related
format, use the p7zip package instead.)
.
This package contains a reference manual for the liblzma data
compression library, in Doxygen-generated HTML files. The purpose
of each struct, macro, and function in the public interface is
explained.
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