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Re: Adding in BZ2 compression?

2003-07-22 10:54:09

Jon Callas <jon(_at_)callas(_dot_)org> writes:

On 7/20/03 8:48 AM, "David Shaw" <dshaw(_at_)jabberwocky(_dot_)com> wrote:

I was basically against it until it was explained to me why people
wanted it, and I ended up thinking, "Hmmm, we don't have a
compression system in there that's newer than 1977, and customers
are often right."

I rather like the idea of OpenPGP as an archival primitive.


That's what sold me, too.

Ok.  I have no real objections to adding the algo -- I'm just worried
about the interop issues.

Also, we still need to show multiple implementations to progress to
DRAFT standard, so if we're adding new features it might take longer
to do so.  Have we had any OpenPGP Bakeoffs?

-derek
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