#5362: Use XZ for repository metadata compression

Mon Jan 27 15:56:24 UTC 2014

#5362: Use XZ for repository metadata compression
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  Reporter:  elad         |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Milestone:               |  Component:  other
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
Blocked By:               |   Blocking:
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Comment (by mattdm):

 This seems like a pretty good win. The bz2 files in Rawhide right now are
 56M, and that goes down to 47M with xz — almost a 20% improvement. And if
 we go to xz -9, it's 43M — a 25% "discount".

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