> apt uses bzip2 for its repositories for quite a while. The processor > load this had introduced had never been an actual problem. Conversely, > users on low bandwith connections had appreciated it. > I'm very happy for apt. But bzip2 is not available in all places (python 2.2 on rhl 7.3?) and adding an arbitrary dep that hasn't been in the distro for versions that are quite common didn't make sense. -sv
