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

Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:

Please, do not use xz for a new distribution format.

I'm not much of a fan of xz format either, which is why I suggested lz format originally, and we could easily change it back to lz. However, Oscar van Vlijmen asked for something convenient on MS-Windows; see <http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/tz/2016-August/023945.html>. What's the story on that? Why doesn't 7-Zip support lz format? Will 7-Zip support lz format any time soon? Surely it would be an easy thing to add. I'd rather not use bzip2 format, since it doesn't compress the tz tarball nearly as well. bzip2 format is 11% larger than xz format. (lz format is 0.3% smaller.)