X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=CieP1wj43pruguwLbKWd3FjpXt/is6BQc1+Xtq5Z57tD0JWlfGGyR u1dG4l/TaqHXMXUbdDeGtb6KY3YR/bJzu7ZOaOKEeVt9QmJSVyvT40NajJllj1JN sXZTxCRi1kKKUAMi+FObiaU3/YvrEJIL3K9GVQwfqlCOpcwFh7K9Js= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=muVoqqc/1MocoVRQwrf3mzeZR/0=; b=UVSXf1G3v8FHbLG3I8KhF6f3VuVa XhntQUMsN4YrWBEqHmcm48yXK6DNmVp0McBTCYgHI1gCg3ayaMB6oWFD8riizZ5r rQTz79gBq9213OVooC/FLTA7xrBXDCmkS9h/Omvh8/fhIDBRK5gYrcOIdymtk154 0UbgCakG6grg06c= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1/BCiea+/NC3q4j5VLn/jcV Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 15:17:07 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: .tar.xz for snapshots? Message-ID: <20130823191707.GB1446@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <52178DCF DOT 1000001 AT etr-usa DOT com> <20130823171546 DOT GA6035 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20130823180918 DOT GA1584 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <20130823181443 DOT GD2562 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <5217A6E8 DOT 4000109 AT etr-usa DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5217A6E8.4000109@etr-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:16:08PM -0600, Warren Young wrote: >On 8/23/2013 12:14, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> On Aug 23 14:09, Christopher Faylor wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:00:58PM -0600, Keith Christian wrote: >>>> Perhaps we should test to see whether we want to trade compression for time. >>> >>> The only time that the end-user has to worry about is download time + >>> uncompress time. I think that the win with xz compression outweighs any >>> increase in uncompress time. >> >> Doesn't xz also have a faster uncompression than bzip2? > >Yup: http://tukaani.org/lzma/benchmarks.html Well there you go then... cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple