John Levon wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 09:25:51AM -0700, Rich Burridge wrote:
>
>
>> bzip2 is a free and open source block sorting lossless data
>> compression algorithm with comparatively high compression efficiency.
>>
>> pbzip2 is a parallel implementation of the bzip2 algorithm using
>> pthreads written in C++ by Jeff Gilchrist that retains file
>> compatibility with the common bzip2(1) application included in
>> Solaris and many other operating systems
>>
>
> Is there a reason we're not delivering this version as the real bzip2,
> then just providing a symlink? What is the advantage of the non-parallel
> implementation exactly to mean it needs a new name?
>
And an associated question: are there any command line differences?
-- Garrett
> regards
> john
>
