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Re: [opinion] bring back Octave xz source release

From: John W. Eaton
Subject: Re: [opinion] bring back Octave xz source release
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 08:19:42 -0400
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I think that's the reason I chose lz. It's not a problem for me to upload gz, lz, and xz, so I'll just do that if it makes it easier for others.

jwe


On June 17, 2017 3:27:33 AM EDT, Andreas Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
Am 16.06.2017 um 19:27 schrieb Mike Miller:
 Can we bring back the octave-x.y.z.tar.xz source format for future
 official releases?

Just because you mentioned "xz":

"Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving"
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html

Not a problem for us but IMHO worth to know.

-- Andy

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