[Bug-tar] Re: Lzip support in GNU tar 1.23

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Sergey,

Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> > > Do you plan to auto-compress/recognize lzip files (.lz)?
> >
> > No problem.  I'll only need some information on how to discern them
> > (e.g. by file header signature).  Do you have any pointers?
>
> I see tar-1.22.90 does not yet mention lzip files anywhere. In case my 
> last message was lost I send the pointers again.

I see tar-1.22.91 does not yet mention lzip files anywhere.

I am beginning to feel worried because, as Vincent Lefevre told me 
recently, "if this isn't fixed before the freeze in (probably) a few 
weeks, this would mean that one would wait for several years before 
seeing lzip support in GNU tar in Debian/stable".

If the problem is the .tlz suffix, I guess it can remain assigned to 
lzma until lzip is more popular than lzma. I suppose this will 
eventually happen given that lzma is deprecated and the lzip family of 
compressors is now complete.


Best regards,
Antonio.