From: shevegen@... Date: 2020-01-06T07:59:48+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:96684] [Ruby master Misc#16483] How about stopping new *.tar.bz2 releases? Issue #16483 has been updated by shevegen (Robert A. Heiler). I don't mind as in I don't need .tar.bz2. Personally I use .tar.xz; all local archives of source files that I keep are in .tar.xz format. (Note that github offers either git clone, or .zip so .tar.bz2 is probably becoming more rare every year.) ---------------------------------------- Misc #16483: How about stopping new *.tar.bz2 releases? https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16483#change-83667 * Author: znz (Kazuhiro NISHIYAMA) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- Current ruby releases generate `*.tar.gz`, `*.tar.bz2`, `*.tar.xz`, and `*.zip`. But I think we can stop generating `*.tar.bz2`. I think `*.tar.bz2` are less merit. For better size, `*.tar.xz` exist. For better compatibility, `*.tar.gz` and `*.zip` exist. I check some programming languages source package archives. - https://jdk.java.net/13/ tar.gz zip - https://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html tar.gz tar.xz - https://www.python.org/downloads/source/ tgz tar.xz - https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.14.0/ tar.gz tar.xz (and 7z zip for win) - https://www.perl.org/get.html tar.gz - https://www.php.net/downloads.php tar.bz2 tar.gz tar.xz `tar.bz2` are rare. How about stopping `*.tar.bz2` since next release? (I know [ruby-build](https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build) use `*.tar.bz2`. And it can use `*.tar.gz`) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: