From b3b8c8ad67fc70d8d047e07e5768997882ec6e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:40:38 +0100 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.13~rc1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 0aa6bfd..14f73b7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ 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 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. +chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The +maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed +on 32-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3-factor integrity +checking. 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 +57,7 @@ users of the most non-free platforms can share lzip files with everybody else. -Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and modify it. -- cgit v1.2.3