[Python-Dev] LZMA support has landed

2011-11-29 Thread Nadeem Vawda
Hey folks, I'm pleased to announce that as of changeset 74d182cf0187, the standard library now includes support for the LZMA compression algorithm (as well as the associated .xz and .lzma file formats). The new lzma module has a very similar API to the existing bz2 module; it should serve as a

Re: [Python-Dev] LZMA support has landed

2011-11-29 Thread Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
2011/11/29 Nadeem Vawda nadeem.va...@gmail.com I'm pleased to announce that as of changeset 74d182cf0187, the standard library now includes support for the LZMA compression algorithm Congratulations! I'd like to ask the owners of (non-Windows) buildbots to install the XZ Utils

Re: [Python-Dev] LZMA support has landed

2011-11-29 Thread Matt Joiner
Congrats, this is an excellent feature. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Amaury Forgeot d'Arc amaur...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/11/29 Nadeem Vawda nadeem.va...@gmail.com I'm pleased to announce that as of changeset 74d182cf0187, the standard library now includes support for the LZMA compression

Re: [Python-Dev] LZMA support has landed

2011-11-29 Thread Meador Inge
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Nadeem Vawda nadeem.va...@gmail.com wrote: liblzma-dev; on Fedora I believe the correct package is xz-devel. xz-devel is right. I just verified a build of the new module on a fresh F16 system. -- Meador ___