From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03669C7619A for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:35:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230358AbjDLIfZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:35:25 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:38298 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230164AbjDLIe5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:34:57 -0400 Received: from relay05.pair.com (relay05.pair.com [216.92.24.67]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E41187D92 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 01:33:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (unknown [87.112.94.193]) by relay05.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31D4C1A24BF; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:32:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768D722138; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:32:26 +0100 (BST) From: Ralph Corderoy To: Sam James cc: groff@gnu.org, linux-man Subject: Re: Compressed man pages MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: <875ya1ecq1.fsf@gentoo.org> References: <073413e2-7d35-f0d7-26eb-f66908d7af6a@gmail.com> <834jpuuc1a.fsf@gnu.org> <6ea6d1fe-375f-487a-b524-adc86880d3de@gmail.com> <83sfddqvk3.fsf@gnu.org> <390c8bba-6089-b006-eaf1-9fcfda2c6c4b@gmail.com> <837cumonv9.fsf@gnu.org> <78ca213f-8723-dccb-e131-081400c28e5d@gmail.com> <87a5zhwntt.fsf@ada> <875ya1ecq1.fsf@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:32:26 +0100 Message-Id: <20230412083226.768D722138@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Sam, > I started looking into changing to xz (or just.. not bz2, anyway) If you're putting effort into researching another compressor then consider lzip(1). https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html Its author compares it against xz in particular. https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html -- Cheers, Ralph.