linux-kernel - Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

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Message-ID: <m3wrye9od4.fsf@lugabout.jhcloos.org>
Date:	Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:31:59 -0500
From:	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>, lasse.collin@...aani.org,
	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, mirrors@...nel.org,
	users@...nel.org, "FTPAdmin Kernel.org" <ftpadmin@...nel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] XZ Migration discussion

>>>>> "W" == Willy Tarreau <w@....eu> writes:

W> Well, I personally like to be able to simply run "less patch-2.6.27.45.gz"
W> and have it transparently uncompressed and dumped on my terminal. It
W> doesn't do that on bz2. We could find multiple examples.

It does here, and lzma & xz, too.  And has since just days after Lasse
annouced that the new name would be xz.

Your LESSOPEN controls that, and can be easily coded to support any archive.

-JimC
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James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>         OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6
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