delta rpms - can we turn them off

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Wed Jul 2 14:46:10 UTC 2014


Doesn't the current process assume that xz always produces the same
output?

What would happen if a newer version of xz/lzma comes out which (for
example) produces better compressed output while still remaining
compatible with the file format and older decompression tools?

Rich.

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