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Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: VÃclav Zeman <vhaisman at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:03:07 -0800
- Subject: Re: Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz
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VÃclav Zeman <vhaisman@gmail.com> writes:
> On 6 March 2012 16:06, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>>[...]
>> The question remains why the GCC project is not using the 'xz' format. The GCC project produces huge tarballs which might benefit from 'xz' but they choose not to use it.
>
> This is a quote from thread "Why I am happy to dump gzip for xz" in
> autoconf@. I wonder what is the official position of the GCC team
> about this.
The GCC team does not have an official position on the use of xz.
Personally I think it makes sense to provide .xz files as an option.
Please file a bug report or send a patch. Thanks.
Ian