520336 – Release stage3 tarballs in xz format

Bug 520336 - Release stage3 tarballs in xz format

Summary: Release stage3 tarballs in xz format

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 434350

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Stages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

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Reported:	2014-08-20 16:38 UTC by Francesco Turco
Modified:	2014-08-20 16:42 UTC (History)
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Description Francesco Turco 2014-08-20 16:38:11 UTC

Currently stage3 tarballs are released in bz2 format. I'd like to suggest to move to the newer xz format. Kernel.org has already done that (since 2013-12-27): https://www.kernel.org/happy-new-year-and-good-bye-bzip2.html

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2014-08-20 16:42:34 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 434350 ***