[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12461: Consider using parallel bzip2 for .tar.bz2 downloads

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12461: Consider using parallel bzip2 for .tar.bz2 downloads
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-09-15 14:00:46

#12461: Consider using parallel bzip2 for .tar.bz2 downloads
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 Reporter:  endecotp          |      Owner:
     Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  Building Boost
  Version:  Boost 1.61.0      |   Severity:  Optimization
 Keywords:                    |
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 pbzip2 is a parallel implementation of the bzip2 file compressor;
 files compressed using it are compatible with regular bzip2, but
 to get speedup while decompressing with pbzip2 the file must have
 been compressed with pbzip2.

 In a quick test, decompressing/untaring Boost 1.61.0 is more than
 4 times faster on an 8-CPU system using pbzip2 than using regular
 bzip2 on the same machine.

 There is a minute increase in file size, much less than 1%.

 Please consider using pbzip2 to create the official .tar.bz2 files.

 (Not sure of component to file bug against!)

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12461>
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