Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs? | Date | Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:32:07 +0200 |
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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.
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