Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 12 Dec 1997 20:24:42 -0500 | From | Christopher Horn <> | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: bzip2 for kernel dists? |
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Adam McKee wrote:
> How about integrating the BWT-based compression in bzip2 into gzip in > order to speed the transition and make it easier? > > gzip -bwt? Just an idea.
It would make sense to do so, and I had suggested this to the bzip author some months ago when he released the rewrite. I do not recall his exact response, but for some reason or another he seemed to think it would not be worth it. But this is getting off topic...
Cheers, Chris
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