Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7848: [enhancement] supply download tarballs as tar.xz instead of .bz2

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7848: [enhancement] supply download tarballs as tar.xz instead of .bz2
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-07-24 00:41:42

#7848: [enhancement] supply download tarballs as tar.xz instead of .bz2
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  Reporter:  anonymous         |      Owner:
      Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  Building Boost
   Version:  Boost 1.52.0      |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:  bzip2 xz gz gzip bz2 lzip
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Changes (by anonymous):

 * keywords:  bzip2 xz gz gzip bz2 => bzip2 xz gz gzip bz2 lzip

Comment:

 Lzip is a much better option. See
 http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html and
 http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html for example.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7848#comment:1>
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