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SubjectRe: Where's the bzip2 compressed linux-kernel patch?
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:45:46PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:

> What about making it configurable? If someone want's bzip2
> and if he want's to wait longer to boot, (s)he may
> compile bzip2 support.
> If someone dislikes it, (s)he may use gzip.

I don't know if people have already tested LZO and NRV (used in UPX). Perhaps
LZO might already be a little better than gzip, while faster and with less
code. NRV is surely better, but is not open source IIRC. Perhaps Markus would
agree to release a free NRV decompressor if asked kindly ?

Regards,
Willy

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