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Bug#532501: RFP: xz -- XZ Utils



On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 07:54:34PM +0200, Michal Čihař wrote:

> * Package name    : xz
>   Version         : 4.999.8beta
>   Upstream Author : Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
> * URL             : http://tukaani.org/xz/
> * License         : GPL, LGPL, Public Domain
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : XZ Utils
> 
> LZMA is a general purpose compression algorithm designed by
> Igor Pavlov as part of 7-Zip. It provides high compression ratio
> while keeping the decompression speed fast.
> 
> XZ Utils are an attempt to make LZMA compression easy to use
> on free (as in freedom) operating systems. This is achieved by
> providing tools and libraries which are similar to use than the
> equivalents of the most popular existing compression algorithms.
> 
> 
> The most interesting part is liblzma, which can be used in another
> programs.

Hi Michal,

I'm interested in packaging those tools, i'll start working soon.

Thanks,
--
Cristian Greco
GPG key ID: 0x0C095825 

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