GNU bug report logs - #25538
uncompressed gzip releases please

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 22:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>
To: karl <at> freefriends.org
Cc: 25538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jason <at> leschnik.me
Subject: bug#25538: uncompressed gzip releases please
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 23:59:22 -0400

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On 26 Jan 2017 10:04, Jason Leschnik wrote:
> On 26 Jan 2017 9:35 AM, "Karl Berry" <karl <at> freefriends.org> wrote:
> > Please make gzip releases in some non-gzip/xz/lzip/bzip form, that is,
> > uncompressed or .zip.
> 
> The user didn't have the ability to install 7zip?

or a precompiled version of gzip that people have made available for Windows.
or proprietary winzip or winrar.  or any of the methods documented already:
	http://www.gzip.org/#sources

if you just want to read the source, then browse it online:
	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git
-mike

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