2014/1/13 Regina Henschel <rb.hensc...@t-online.de> > Hi Frank, > > frank ernest schrieb: > > I think you could significantly improve the compression on the odt docs. >> >> tar -c dir | xz -4 -e >> file.tar.xz >> >> 16,760 tar.xz >> 21,919 odt >> >> 76.46334230576213% >> > > there is no choice, how to compress the package, because it is defined in > the standard, see http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument- > v1.2-os-part3.html#__RefHeading__752789_826425813 > > Agreed. It *is* possible to achieve better compression than ZIP (we knew how to do that for quite some time ;) ), but to do so we would need a new iteration of the OpenDocument standard. While it's not totally out of question, I have the feeling that increasing fragmentation just to save space on office files is not a good trade-off. Remember that ODT files are used by many pieces of software, not only LibreOffice. OpenOffice of course, but some part of google export, some less-known office suite, various custom software that output their reports as odt files... even mso got to implement it. I doubt a new version of the standard would be a good thing while it is still functionnal.
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