> The ed maintainer has a bit of a vested interest in using and > promoting lzip since he wrote it. > > See http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html for his arguments in its favor.
I know about that. I didn’t ask to replace the `.tar.lz`. I ask for having both. This way, the end user is free to choose depending on his constraints. > > Also, is there a web accessible link to CVS or GIT for ed repo? > > I asked a while back about this; there isn't a public repository. Is there a particular reason behind this?