Why not allow pigz et al. to be a replacement for the original tools with debian alternatives stuff (see linked debian bugreport)? The speed gain, especially if compressing, is huge.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #520619 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520619 ** Also affects: pigz (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520619 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523309 Title: pigz should be able to replace gzip To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pigz/+bug/523309/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
