Package lzip-1.22-1
Description: | LZMA file compressor (1.22-1) | |
Lzip is a lossless file compressor based on the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov
chain-Algorithm) algorithm designed by Igor Pavlov. The high
compression of LZMA comes from combining two basic, well-proven
compression ideas: sliding dictionaries (i.e. LZ77/78), and markov
models (i.e. the thing used by every compression algorithm that uses a
range encoder or similar order-0 entropy coder as its last stage) with
segregation of contexts according to what the bits are used for.
Lzip is not a replacement for gzip or bzip2, but a complement; which
one is best to use depends on user's needs. Gzip is the fastest and
most widely used. Bzip2 compresses better than gzip but is slower, both
compressing and decompressing. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip
and compresses better than bzip2, but requires more memory and time
during compression. These features make lzip well suited for software
distribution and data archival. | ||
Section: | utils | |
Maintainer: | Daniel Johnson <danielATdaniel-johnsonDOTorg> | |
Website: | https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html | |
License: | GPL3+ | |
Info-File: | dists/10.9-libcxx/stable/main/finkinfo/utils/lzip.info Commit log, Last Changed: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 20:00:07 (UTC) |
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