Re: #5362: Use XZ for repository metadata compression

#5362: Use XZ for repository metadata compression --------------------------+----------------------- Reporter: elad | Owner: rel-eng@… Type: enhancement | Status: new Milestone: | Component: other Resolution: | Keywords: Blocked By: | Blocking: --------------------------+-----------------------

Comment (by mattdm):

This seems like a pretty good win. The bz2 files in Rawhide right now are 56M, and that goes down to 47M with xz — almost a 20% improvement. And if we go to xz -9, it's 43M — a 25% "discount".