bug#8565: gzip/bzip2/output-hook support for split

[Jim Meyering]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 27/04/11 21:25, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Ari Pollak wrote:
>>> I've been sitting on this for a few months expecting to finish it, but
>>> still haven't found the time, so I'm just putting it out there now so
>>> it isn't lost entirely. It's originally from Chandrakumar Muthaiah:
>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/15684
>>> I applied it to the latest git, added some tests, and cleaned it up a bit.
>>
>> Thank you for working on that.
>> However, we still don't have a copyright assignment
>> from Chandrakumar Muthaiah.  Chandrakumar, have you
>> started the process?
>>
>>     http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/HACKING#n429
>>
>> Ari, since you're contributing nontrivial
>> changes, would you do that, too?
>>
>> Both of you, please let me know when/if you start the process.
>
> There is also Karl's variant, and he already has assigned copyright
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2011-01/msg00023.html

Thanks for the reminder, Pádraig.  Karl's is more general.
It's just as well: I haven't heard from Chandrakumar.

Karl, this is a good time to add the feature.
If you don't have time to handle the remaining bits (test, doc and NEWS),
let us know and we will take care of the rest.