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xz for the new release tip


Hi,

while currently the sources are release both as .tar.gz and as .tar.bz2 would
not it be worth to start using .xz as a replacement for the .bz2 variant?

13406892 bytes: gdb-6.8.91.20090930.tar.xz  (xz -9)
xz -dc:    real	0m1.226s user	0m1.190s sys	0m0.037s

18453837 bytes: gdb-6.8.91.20090930.tar.bz2
bzip2 -dc: real	0m3.775s user	0m3.755s sys	0m0.019s



Just a tip,
Jan


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