GNU bug report logs - #31065
Version 2??

Previous Next

Package: gzip;

Reported by: - - <computing <at> windcheetah.org.uk>

Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 21:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 31065 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, Mark Adler <madler <at> alumni.caltech.edu>
Subject: bug#31065: Version 2??
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 09:08:40 -0700

On 04/04/2018 06:09 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> maybe 2.0 to keep it
> short and simple.

I have a more-drastic idea in mind. Let's replace gzip's source code 
with pigz's, make the minimal set of changes needed to make it 
compatible with gzip and/or GNU in general, and call it gzip 2.0. In the 
meantime, we can keep the gzip 1 series around with the traditional 
implementation.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 73 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.