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yes, one consideration is whether you're creating archives for your own later use, or internal use where you also have zstandard and xz handling tools. Or to se
by walrus01 4y ago
yes, one consideration is whether you're creating archives for your own later use, or internal use where you also have zstandard and xz handling tools. Or to send somewhere else for wider use on unknown platforms.
- dspillett 4y agoAye, pick the right tool for the target audience. If you are the target or you know everyone else who needs to read the output will have the ability to read zstd, go with that. If not consider pigz. If writing a script that others may run, have it default to gzip but use pigz if available (unless you really don't want that small % drop on compression).