Bug #33860 Packaging Format Request: 7zip File Format
Submitted: 14 Jan 2008 11:47 Modified: 28 Sep 2010 17:07
Reporter: Luqman Hakim Email Updates:
Status: Won't fix Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Packaging Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:All OS:Any
Assigned to: Jonathan Perkin CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: packaging

[14 Jan 2008 11:47] Luqman Hakim 
Description:
Increasing number of bytes have to downloaded for newer versions of MySQL distribution needs better file compression format for MySQL distribution packages.

How to repeat:
N/A

Suggested fix:
I recommend to add MySQL source and/or binary in 7zip file format to improve compression ratio and to save time downloading bigger file.
[14 Jan 2008 13:31] Susanne Ebrecht 
Many thanks for writing a feature request.
[28 Sep 2010 17:07] Jonathan Perkin 
We're not planning on doing this.  The current choices are ubiquitous and, for a slight increase in download size, ensure that they can be read universally on target platforms.

This may change in the future, of course, .xz appears to be generating some traction for example. But we would not consider switching (or providing additional formats) until there is persuasive coverage.