[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Add support for XZ decompression algorithm.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Dec 7 00:12:36 CET 2010


Dear Luigi Mantellini,

In message <AANLkTi=0oeqVUYLDEq_XT2pWF=RfoQj7M3v38UyW7faX at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> The LZMA and XZ overlap on the internal LZMA code (each one has the
> own implementation). We can decide 1) to ignore this patch (and future
> rework) to not support XZ 2) have both XZ and LZMA considering them as
> different algorithms 3) Deprecate LZMA and (in the future) support
> just XZ.
> 
> My idea is to have 2) and in the future switch to 3).

History has shown that the "let me get this in now and I will clean up
later" seldom works. Usually there is just toolittle time for the
cleanup, and what for? It's working, isn't it?

So please me this 3).

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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