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    SubjectRe: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?
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    In article <20061002033511.GB12695@zimmer> you wrote:
    > The pace of compression algorithm development is high enough that I'd
    > suggest that the bar be placed quite high before switching to a new
    > compression format that's not reverse compatible.
    >
    > For those interested, I'm working on publishing a proof of concept that
    > can make most tarballs compress better. About 2-3% better in my tests
    > with bzip2/gzip on the Linux kernel source code.

    3% is not a high bar.

    Gruss
    Bernd
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