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SubjectRe: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion
Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:07:02 +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
>> Gzip is well
>> defined as a standard, it's even described in an RFC and is present
>> on almost any system (unix or not) now. Any student who wants to take
>> a look at the kernel will have access to gunzip, even from an old
>> Solaris 8 workstation or a Windows XP desktop PC.
>
> Really? I have a Windows XP laptop at hand and it can't read .gz files.
> If I ask it to try, it tells me I should install WinZip. I also seem to
> recall that I had to install GNU gzip myself back when I was working on
> a Solaris workstation (but I might remember badly.)

As a side note: 7zip, a very popular and Free archiving tool for
Windows, supports xz since its version 9 which is currently available as
a beta. So, WRT the need to get an extra unarchiver, xz is just as
accessible to Windows users as gz is.
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Stefan Richter
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