Hi Antonio, thanks for comments,
Pavel Raiskup wrote:
Use '--compres-program'-like API by the -Z, but also by -z, -J,
--lzop and --lzma options.
I oppose this, except perhaps for -Z.
AFAIK, tar files are compressible enough that none of those compressors
has been reported as returning 2
Obsolete the --use-compress-program by the --filter-program
option (same sematics). Add new option --compress-program.
Use '--compres-program'-like API by the -Z, but also by -z, -J,
--lzop and --lzma options. Use '--filter-program'-like interface
by -j and --lzip.
See also: