Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-16 Thread Jim Meyering
Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Paul Eggert wrote: >>> On 12/15/2012 05:54 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: FYI, a couple of weeks ago, Aki Helin exposed still more problems in gzip's unpacking code. >>> >>> Well, to be fair, I also have a similar

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-16 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Paul Eggert wrote: >> On 12/15/2012 05:54 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> FYI, a couple of weeks ago, Aki Helin exposed still more problems in >>> gzip's unpacking code. >> >> Well, to be fair, I also have a similar problem with 'tar' >> in my inb

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-15 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/15/2012 05:54 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> FYI, a couple of weeks ago, Aki Helin exposed still more problems in >> gzip's unpacking code. > > Well, to be fair, I also have a similar problem with 'tar' > in my inbox, from Aki, but I'm not inclined to suggest that > we stop u

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-15 Thread Paul Eggert
On 12/15/2012 05:54 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > FYI, a couple of weeks ago, Aki Helin exposed still more problems in > gzip's unpacking code. Well, to be fair, I also have a similar problem with 'tar' in my inbox, from Aki, but I'm not inclined to suggest that we stop using 'tar' __

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-15 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Marko Lindqvist wrote: >>> On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, >>>

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-08 Thread Marko Lindqvist
On 8 December 2012 23:01, Jim Meyering wrote: > Marko Lindqvist wrote: >> On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: >>> >>> The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if >>> this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, >>> please speak up now. >>

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-08 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 8 Dec 2012, Jim Meyering wrote: I just encountered new argument for providing .gz of autoconf also in the future. There is no tangible benefit offered to the world by removing the gzip-compressed autoconf package. Xz is excessively complex, excessively large, and has limited portabili

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Marko Lindqvist wrote: >> On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: >>> >>> The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if >>> this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, >>> please speak up now. >> >>

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-12-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Marko Lindqvist wrote: > On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: >> >> The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if >> this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, >> please speak up now. > > I just encountered new argument for providing .gz o

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-11-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Marko Lindqvist wrote: On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, please speak up now. I just encountered new argument for provid

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-11-24 Thread Marko Lindqvist
On 24 November 2012 10:58, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 11/24/2012 09:16 AM, Marko Lindqvist wrote: >> On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: >>> >>> The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if >>> this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 releas

Re: Future autoconf package compression

2012-11-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 11/24/2012 09:16 AM, Marko Lindqvist wrote: > On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: >> >> The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if >> this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, >> please speak up now. > > I just encountered new arg

Future autoconf package compression

2012-11-24 Thread Marko Lindqvist
On 2 March 2012 06:45, Eric Blake wrote: > > The Autoconf team is considering releasing only .xz files for 2.69; if > this would be a hardship for you, and you need the .gz or .bz2 release, > please speak up now. I just encountered new argument for providing .gz of autoconf also in the future.