[darcs-devel] a measurement of using 7z instead of gz to compress patches

[zooko]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> Better to use zip format than tar, as zip has an index (that's why
> it's used by jar files and Python eggs, IIRC).  Doesn't 7zip have a
> full archive mode like zip?

Yes, it does.  It didn't occur to me to use it for these  
measurements, as I'm so used to tar.  :-)

Regards,

Zooko