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 C22D7C77B6E for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:35:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229620AbjDLKf5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:35:57 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45462 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229503AbjDLKf4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2023 06:35:56 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-x730.google.com (mail-qk1-x730.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::730]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7724810EF for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:35:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qk1-x730.google.com with SMTP id p23so4145386qki.4 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:35:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1681295754; x=1683887754; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=7aK4u0X2BMRwkotJKdrY07kVoita9JXD9vPjrRRv47o=; b=GwfNOaWyUDt1pJ2FQ2yIV0ZBDmwwPRN1nF2G03l38H6Jegp+EmLrjMANZRjUUPNvtx +GR4rmuiF1dd2gQWdYL1Y14WD5TMTzz0H2PbQHbu53o4WfsUjkkt196/avDYz342RSVs A7CpYRrh2ZAKhTLeamIJRan7E1hzVs88VUQpkjg4bOgtw/Va1DNJwsPyQ9VHUvaqV3x2 nJwgkmA05GYZaMRAJ1qNtxNWFWTeC8Y+jV2sandkwXc8yXRk1sPL1FnNdJY4FpSuP+uY jiMctQAh+l+a/9J9dx348Da7q9dhuREYST5M+o0p91bHCs+Tyn/50fdW841eyy6FapY1 ThQg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1681295754; x=1683887754; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=7aK4u0X2BMRwkotJKdrY07kVoita9JXD9vPjrRRv47o=; b=N3B7CfLojG+UOKFQ6dS+nR3kuCL42RN0rTpJ/QhKSHslYiCWmonYROPcG59eWklQjc V1MdX/key497xQCZr8D652S0kEw3Kx81oJwx3M/40quwYhEoj4AzVn2vn95rd094Ji+R +m6JujSfYUrBpI6ElOtPKAojCLcPhxFJayv9Hd+vMP8WNcGbnwQfd/z4ZuKpFxcZnIKW caHjbq/4sJnRpiAqRSrQ0pk2EaQ9uUgwUuzFmsXTf/eD5TSz2Wkg58oOaIvaDUTS2zbZ s5GBDWnmPestRYF4jHm6KCHpelPFFebupemEFeDZNe9Fkke65PBAQymfQP2ribrOqps8 5OVA== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9cr6JgamurzkcPoMts8E+UtD8s67+i5KjsszH0jay6y4++oO6/A f0pnioIo3aKy1m1pQPY7xTA0LGeoMJ/umP1+i2Q= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350YHdMZ47HSA/8k4yG1MPnBu6+j/u5sTClBw2PQ5SymSEnGGv0XgyTLV23yu9mDAgjiARcArS7UYp64c8dNHoUc= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:1981:b0:746:1eeb:4db1 with SMTP id bm1-20020a05620a198100b007461eeb4db1mr4536242qkb.2.1681295754448; Wed, 12 Apr 2023 03:35:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 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> <20230412083226.768D722138@orac.inputplus.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20230412083226.768D722138@orac.inputplus.co.uk> From: Mingye Wang Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:35:38 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Compressed man pages To: Ralph Corderoy Cc: Sam James , groff@gnu.org, linux-man Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 4:36=E2=80=AFPM Ralph Corderoy wrote: > 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 lzip is cool and all, but the thing is we are talking about storage for distribution on every single person's computer in single-file form, not archiving into a tarball. We are looking at a world where almost every system has xz installed because of some past decisions, unfortunate or not. Regards, Mingye