Linux Kernel 跟 bzip2 說再見，主打 tar.gz 及 tar.xz

The Linux Kernel Archives

Good-bye bzip2

We started listing xz-compressed versions of kernel archives in all our announcements back in March 2013, and the time has come to complete the switch. Effective immediately, we will no longer be providing bzip2-compressed versions for new releases of the Linux kernel and other software. Any previously released .tar.bz2 archives will continue to be available without change, and we will also continue to provide gzip-compressed versions of all new releases for the foreseeable future.

So, from now on, all releases will be offered as both .tar.gz and .tar.xz, but not as .tar.bz2. We apologize if this interferes with any automated tools.

壓縮比較

du -sh xz-5.0.5*
5.9M xz-5.0.5
1.3M xz-5.0.5.tar.gz
908K xz-5.0.5.tar.xz