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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems
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David Hedlund |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems |
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Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:02:37 +0200 |
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Sent to the wrong thread, sorry.
On 2021-10-11 01:52, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2021-10-10 19:52, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Oct 2021 20:42:25 -0300
>> Matias Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
>>> Note, distributing under the xz format sucks![1]. Its competitor in
>>> quality offers not only a better license (adequate for free software
>>> projects), but is also better prepared for reproducibility[2].
>>>
>>> [1] http://lzip.nongnu.org/xz_inadequate.html
>>> [2] http://lzip.nongnu.org/safety_of_the_lzip_format.html
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> I've started reading these and they look really interesting.
>>
>> While modifying linux-libre for Replicant, I've noticed that with Linux
>> releases, released tarball are compressed with xz, but that they didn't
>> sign them. Instead they signed the uncompressed tarballs.
>>
>> At first I thought that it was to enable people to change the
>> compression level, but now I also wonder if xz shortcoming also
>> influenced that decision.
>>
>> Denis.
> Thanks. I suggest that you mention this at
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:Device_drivers_and_firmware
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Jean Louis, 2021/10/06
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2021/10/06
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Jean Louis, 2021/10/06
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2021/10/06
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Matias Fonzo, 2021/10/08
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli, 2021/10/10
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Matias Fonzo, 2021/10/10
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, David Hedlund, 2021/10/10
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, David Hedlund, 2021/10/11
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems,
David Hedlund <=
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Developing free non-gnu operating systems, Ricardo Wurmus, 2021/10/06