[ext] Re: Dovecot v2.3.14 released

[Aki Tuomi]

> On 09/03/2021 08:20 Ralf Hildebrandt <ralf.hildebrandt at charite.de> wrote:
> 
>  
> * Bjoern Franke <bjo at schafweide.org>:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > > * Remove XZ/LZMA write support. Read support will be removed in future release.
> > 
> > Will XZ/ZMA Read support be removed in the next release or just in some
> > future release?
> 
> I'm a bit behind the curve: Why is it being removed at all?
> 
> * reduce code size
> * better compression algorithms available
> * other
> 

It has memory safety issues and is very slow compared to the other alternatives.

Aki