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Too bad for arch https://www.archlinux.org/news/switching-to-xz-compression-for-new-packages/ https://www.archlinux.org/news/switching-to-xz-compression-f...

• saghm 9y ago
  Is this really an issue for this use case? My naive take is that since Arch updates packages so often, "long-term storage" doesn't come up that much in practice.
  • aidenn0 9y ago
    It's zero issue since the packages are updated regularly and hashed before installing.
    • saghm 9y ago
      Good point, I hadn't even thought of checksums!
• mikepurvis 9y ago
  Default compression for debian packages is xz as well: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/dpkg-deb.1.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/dpkg-deb....
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• agumonkey 9y ago
  this is from 2010, I guess if xz was bad for this use case they'd know by now