The purported resource savings haven't been substantiated and most likely won't make any difference. This would be something that upstream would need to change, not Ubuntu as the packaging distro.
** Changed in: xz-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/981434 Title: unlzma and unxz should be specific binaries instead of links To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xz-utils/+bug/981434/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs