Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote on Fri, 2 Mar 2012 at 17:10:17 -0700 in <4f516169.9010...@redhat.com>:
> Actually, this really is part of the reason - since xz is technically > superior to gzip (better compression, same decompression speeds), we are > doing users a favor by getting xz installed and commonly available in > more places. Generally speaking, if you think you are "doing a favor" by adding a requirement, most people will disagree with you. --jh...@mit.edu John Hawkinson _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf