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Out of curiosity: Why doesn't pacman just use HTTP's built-in compression? It could cache packages in gzipped form, but there's no reason to re-compress them ov
by jasonhansel 8y ago
Out of curiosity: Why doesn't pacman just use HTTP's built-in compression? It could cache packages in gzipped form, but there's no reason to re-compress them over the wire.
- andrius4669 8y agoWhat would be gain?
- Svenstaro 8y agoBecause mirrors aren't guaranteed to use HTTP gzip compression and also gzip compresses much worse than xz.