[New-bugs-announce] [issue6715] xz compression support

[devurandom]

New submission from devurandom <devurandom at gmx.net>:

Python currently supports zlib, gzip and bzip2 compressors. What is missing is support 
for xz (http://tukaani.org/xz/). It comes with a C library.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 91657
nosy: devurandom
severity: normal
status: open
title: xz compression support
type: feature request
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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