linux-kernel - Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

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Date:	Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:32:07 +0200
From:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Smaller compressed kernel source tarballs?

In article <20061002033511.GB12695@...mer> 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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