RPM compression format

[Nigel Metheringham]

On 20 Jun 2008, at 07:47, Jindrich Novy wrote:

> The exact timing for the new rpm release is not clear yet, but there
> would be a need of mass rebuild to fully take advantage of the new
> compression.


I guess we also need to stage things appropriately so that those  
updating to Fedora x (where x is the LZMA supported distro) by using  
on-line update (yeah I know its not supported as such but its always  
worked well in the past), are able to get the initial upgrade  
requirements onto their box (which I guess would be rpm, yum & fedora- 
release) without being stymied by an rpm for those packages being  
compressed with LZMA when their own rpm cannot cope with it...

	Nigel.
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