From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6315 invoked by alias); 27 Jan 2012 09:26:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 6277 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jan 2012 09:26:48 -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; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:26:31 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0R9QTsQ027449 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:26:29 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-47.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.47]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0R9QPsW017701 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:26:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:26:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Jim Meyering Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: xz-compressed release tarballs? Message-ID: <20120127092623.GA14113@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <87mx9a1ag4.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <20120126203148.GA30390@host2.jankratochvil.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120126203148.GA30390@host2.jankratochvil.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/msg00090.txt.bz2 On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:31:48 +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote: > That slow bzip2 decompression is a continuous pain during packaging, staring > at bzip2 -dc on each gdb.spec debugging cycle. I have realized it may not help in this case as the packaging commonly involves snapshots ftp://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/snapshots/current/ Which are already shipped only as .tar.bz2, with no .tar.gz there. I am fine with providing the snapshots only as .tar.xz but that may bring more disagreements. The snapshots may not be so world visible like the releases. Are there concerns about snapshots only in the .tar.xz format? Regards, Jan