Re: Import of XZ

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> I want to import XZ for use in pkgsrc and possible for release
> distribution.  XZ is the successor of LZMA.  It uses the same core
> algorithm, [...]

> LZMA as algorithm is essentially LZW with huge window size and better
> entropy encoding.

How huge is "huge"?  I'm concerned about small-memory machines (I still
have an hp300 with, well, "total memory = 6136 KB" / "avail memory =
2648 KB") finding themselves unable to even uncompress things, at all.

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