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[Bug-tar] Re: GNU tar 1.22
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Sebastian Pipping |
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[Bug-tar] Re: GNU tar 1.22 |
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Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:22:42 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090216) |
Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> We decided to reassign this option, because xz superceedes lzma and
> provides a better compression. Therefore, a short option for it is more
> useful.
Do I understand correctly, that the .lzma and .xz file formats ares
not compatible? If that's true, why did you still decide to break
the API? There were no other letters free to use for a new option?
Sebastian