William Richards #SaveOurInternet (HE12026-03-24): > how big is the compression result/file size difference between XZ Utils's > first version and its latest version
Please go ahead, download the source code for the first version of xz, run the tests and come back to tell us. Do not forget to also test the compression speed. > and have you been planning to compress Who is this “you” you think you are addressing? > sshd with liblzma and inject the liblzma library into the software when XZ > is updated enough or are packages compressed once with XZ and not again > even if XZ is updated? Why would anybody bother to compress old version of programs with new versions of the compressor when there are new versions of programs that need compressing? > I feel like I needed to make my question more clear and I'm trying to look > for a definitive answer Only ask a question when you have reached the limit of what you are able to answer yourself. Regards, -- Nicolas George
