No more .bz2 files from kernel.org
No more .bz2 files from kernel.org
Posted Dec 28, 2013 19:00 UTC (Sat) by mricon (subscriber, #59252)In reply to: No more .bz2 files from kernel.org by theophrastus
Parent article: No more .bz2 files from kernel.org
Providing every release in .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .tar.xz was deemed overly redundant. The goal is to provide two formats -- .tar.gz for fast decompression and maximum compatibility between various platforms, and .tar.xz for smaller tarballs (in order to save bandwidth for people downloading releases). With xz becoming ubiquitous, continuing to provide .bz2 releases was seen as offering little ongoing value, and so was dropped.
