Re: [dev-serveez] tar.xz ok? + release coordination

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Mike Gran <address@hidden>
() Sun, 4 Nov 2012 13:31:10 -0800 (PST)

   For me anyway, any time saved in downloading a slightly smaller
   file is offset by the time wasted trying to remember the xz
   equivalent of tar xzvf.

Yeah, i had the same reaction when .xz tarballs started popping up.  But
there is good news.  GNU tar autodetects the compression scheme, so you
can drop the (gzip-only) ‘z’ and it will DTRT for .gz, .bz2, .xz, ...

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