Re: [Plplot-devel] BZIP2 as well as GZIP for releases

[<mj...@ga...>]

Alan W. Irwin writes:
 > So I would be happy to switch to *.bzip2 as a user, and it should be
 > straightforward to modify scripts/make-cvs-tarball.sh to generate a *.bzip2
 > version of the tarball. Also, as a user I dislike sites that give a
 > proliferation of choices just to cater to those who are unwilling to change
 > anything. If we do decide to go with *.bzip2 is there any technical reason
 > (e.g., bzip2 not available on some platforms) to continue with the *.gz form
 > of tarball?

I think that's exactly what you'll find -- bzip2 not available on some
platforms.  Not because you can't get it, but simply because it's not included
by default.  My experience has always been that commercial Unix (not Linux)
vendor support for GNU tools tends to be somewhat spotty.

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Maurice LeBrun    mj...@ga...