An ode to pack: gzip’s forgotten decompressor
It&#x27;s unfortunate that xz has become the &quot;default&quot; compressor. It has some issues that make it ill-suited for long term storage. lzip is a similar format that corrects these issues:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nongnu.org&#x2F;lzip&#x2F;xz_inadequate.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nongnu.org&#x2F;lzip&#x2F;xz_inadequate.html</a>