[needs-packaging] xz-utils

[bortis]

Since the development of the lzma/xz utilities has switched from lzma-utils (http://tukaani.org/lzma/) to xz utils (http://tukaani.org/xz/), I suggest, that ubuntu should replace the package lzma with the package xz.

There is even a debian package waiting for mentoring (http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=xz).

This package is also necessary for the new -J option in GNU tar. (Tar 1.21 produced lzma files while Tar 1.22 produces xz compressed files with the command line option -J).

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/xz-utils