Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:50:08 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Goran Tal <goran.tal@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages compressed with xz Message-ID: <4CF2CE90.8050700@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimHL9_qj3nB0jCvH_rah5JZBzEroz_J_Ou-TH52@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimHL9_qj3nB0jCvH_rah5JZBzEroz_J_Ou-TH52@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, On 28/11/2010 22:12, Goran Tal wrote: > Now that the base system supports xz compression, it should be used as > the default compression for packages. > > Files compressed with xz are smaller and decompress faster than those > compressed with bzip2. This can make an installation much quicker, > especially when the complete system is installed or upgraded. > > Any reasons against it? I think it's already in CURRENT. On my notebook xz compression and decompression are much slower than any of the other algorithms supported by tar. It has the best compression ratio, though.
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