From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13213 invoked by alias); 26 Jan 2012 20:32:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 13200 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jan 2012 20:32:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SARE_SUB_OBFU_Z,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:31:54 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0QKVqFX012832 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:31:52 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-47.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.47]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0QKVm62022623 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:31:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:32:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Jim Meyering Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: xz-compressed release tarballs? Message-ID: <20120126203148.GA30390@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <87mx9a1ag4.fsf@rho.meyering.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87mx9a1ag4.fsf@rho.meyering.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-01/txt/msg00079.txt.bz2 On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:21:47 +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > With xz -9e, that would have been 25% smaller, > at 15282412 bytes (contrast w/20614020 for .bz2). > The .xz tarball would have uncompressed more quickly, too. +1 That slow bzip2 decompression is a continuous pain during packaging, staring at bzip2 -dc on each gdb.spec debugging cycle. bzip2 -dc = 0m3.641s -> xz -dc = 0m1.264s Previous proposal by me: xz for the new release tip http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2009-09/msg00341.html Thanks, Jan