https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548 User mtgordon@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548#c1 Mark Gordon changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mtgordon@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |mls@novell.com Component|Basesystem |Basesystem Product|openSUSE 10.3 |openSUSE 11.0 Version|Final |unspecified --- Comment #1 from Mark Gordon 2007-12-06 12:08:50 MST --- Several distros have looked at (or at least talked about) rpm playload compression with LZMA: Fedora (discussion only): http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/60106/focus=60476 Mandrake: http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/cooker/2006-05/msg04158.php Ubuntu (not rpm, strictly speaking, but analogous): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Dpkg7Zip JBJ's rpm5 apparently has some support for this: https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/rpm-devel/2006-December/001992.html Mandrake raises the significant concern that lzma requires a significant amount of memory for decompression (512 MB was the figure cited). This might significantly increase the amount of memory needed by the installer, thereby increasing the hardware requirements for the OS; this could easily be a deal-breaker. OTOH, it might be worth looking into for compression of source packages (where this might make a great deal of sense), rotated log files, etc., i.e. places where we're already using bzip2 rather than gzip. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548 User tbullock@canada.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548#c3 --- Comment #3 from Ted Bullock 2008-04-03 15:53:02 MST --- I am syncing with latest from factory at the moment now (lzma compressed afaik). Certainly the bandwidth savings have saved a good chunk of time for me. I'm all for this change. This bug can probably be closed. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548 User jengelh@gmx.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548#c5 Jan Engelhardt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jengelh@gmx.de --- Comment #5 from Jan Engelhardt 2008-06-22 06:57:53 MDT --- And adding the -Y flag to tar, perhaps. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548 User crrodriguez@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=346548#c7 Cristian Rodriguez changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mkoenig@novell.com --- Comment #7 from Cristian Rodriguez 2008-06-22 13:22:47 MDT --- tar 1.20 already supports lzma, the switch is --lzma, it only has to be updated, CC'ing tar mantainer. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.