On 2016-08-27 13:43, Random832 wrote:
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016, at 19:10, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
Paul Eggert 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.
Please, do not use xz for a new distribution format. The xz format is defective. See for example http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html
Seems like a lot of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Think slow metered links in third world countries and you will get why a format with recovery is useful. Remember when modems got decent speed, checking and recovery? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada