Re: [tz] [PROPOSED PATCH 2/2] Use lz format for new tarball

vanadovv@hetnet.nl wrote:

please use a compression format that can be handled easily by Windows users as well. For instance, choose a format from the list that 7Zip can handle: http://www.7-zip.org/

Thanks for mentioning the problem. xz format is on 7-Zip's list; it's a tiny bit larger than lzip format for our data (0.3% larger for the draft tzdb tarball) but I suppose portability trumps this minor advantage. Plus, I think xz is more popular on other tz platforms. I installed the attached proposed patch on Github.