Re: Patch Files

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 07:47:43PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> > > > > Is there any format besides xz that we should also use? Or is just xz
> > > > > enough?
> > > > 
> > > > I guess the question is to know whether they are handled
> > > > reasonably easily
> > > > with Windows and macOS.
> > > 
> > > 7-zip, Winrar, double commander should be able to deal with it, but
> > > it's not native to
> > > explorer (unlike .tar.gz).
> > 
> > Windows 11 file explorer can handle .tar.xz files (unlike Windows 10).
> 
> So it sounds like xz is enough.

Yes, I think we can safely switch to .xz only. At worst someone will
report back and we can easily regenerate gz again...

Pavel
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