Re: Please, use --check=crc32 or switch to a safe format

[Jim Meyering]

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Matias Fonzo <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 16:16:53 -0300
> Matias Fonzo <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:31:50 -0500
>> Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > On 04/05/2017 09:42 AM, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
>> >
>> > > Is there any chance to fix the problem once and for all by
>> > > switching to lzip (as Eric Blake proposed[1]), instead of asking
>> > > others to just palliate some of the symptoms?
>> > >
>> > > [1]
>> > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2017-01/msg00008.html
>> >
>> > Note that I was not proposing "switching to lzip", but "adding lzip
>> > in parallel to existing xz".  I still think that parallel
>> > distribution formats is probably worthwhile, but I'm not strongly
>> > convinced enough to push my patch through against the wishes of
>> > other core developers on the project.
>> >
>>
>> Can developers release (liberate) the ego?.  There's nothing wrong in
>> want to provide a "second" format, this increases the chances for
>> accessing the project, inspect, study, etc.
>>
>
> Maybe this can help in the decision -- from the author of xz[1]:
> "XZ Utils is already an over-engineered pig".

I find this continual stream of attempts to discredit xz to be
inappropriate and irritating. We have responded numerous times. Please
let this rest.