Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : pxz Version : 4.999.9beta.20091201git Upstream Author : Jindřich Nový <jn...@redhat.com> * URL or Web page : http://jnovy.fedorapeople.org/pxz/ + https://github.com/jnovy/pxz * License : GPLv2+ Description : Parallel LZMA/XZ compressor
Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors simultaneously. Its primary goal is to utilize all resources to speed up compression time with minimal possible influence on compression ratio. There seems to be a second independent parallel xz implementation with BSD-style licensing at https://github.com/vasi/pixz/. The main difference seems to be that it adds indexing for easier partial decompression. But the fact that the tarballs from the examples sport a .tpxz suffix suggests that the file format generated by pixz is not compatible to xz (as it would be with pxz as far as I can see). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87liphh5n8....@nemo.deuxchevaux.org