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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-02-21 16:26:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-02-21 16:26:49 +0000 |
| commit | 44d4d7d11c87a21d329de628b9921a2f02fd7244 (patch) | |
| tree | 95010f15f34fc0c4f8ae8bbdc3df86fd6fbd5c73 /README | |
| parent | Releasing debian version 1.11-3. (diff) | |
| download | pdlzip-44d4d7d11c87a21d329de628b9921a2f02fd7244.tar.xz pdlzip-44d4d7d11c87a21d329de628b9921a2f02fd7244.zip | |
Merging upstream version 1.12.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ Description Pdlzip is a permissively licensed implementation of the lzip data compressor, intended for those who can't distribute (or even use) GPL -licensed Free Software. (The name of pdlzip comes from 'public domain -lzip'). Pdlzip is written in C and is (hope)fully compatible with lzip 1.4 -or newer. +licensed Free Software. The name of pdlzip comes from 'public domain lzip'. +Pdlzip is written in C and is (hope)fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer. Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov -chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format, chosen to maximize safety and -interoperability. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or -compress most files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). Decompression speed is -intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from -a data recovery perspective. Lzip has been designed, written, and tested -with great care to replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard general-purpose -compressed format for unix-like systems. +chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format and provides a 3 factor integrity +checking to maximize interoperability and optimize safety. Lzip can compress +about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most files more than bzip2 +(lzip -9). Decompression speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. +Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective. Lzip +has been designed, written, and tested with great care to replace gzip and +bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format for unix-like +systems. The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability: @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ users of the most non-free platforms can share lzip files with everybody else. -Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and modify it. |