Re: [Lzip-bug] Maybe replace "bits/byte" with "ratio"?

[Timothy Beryl Grahek]

Hi Antonio,

> Now that I am doing changes to lzip's output, I was wondering how 
> useful does people find the "bits/byte" value, and if it wouldn't be 
> better to show the inverse compression ratio (compressed/decompressed) 
> instead.
I personally haven't found "bits/byte" useful at all; I actually, even 
now, don't understand what "bits/byte" actually means. I definitely am 
aware that I am not the most knowledgeable about compression or similar 
topics, but I can definitely say that the % saved part has been the most 
useful and #:# moderately useful. Showing the inverse compression ratio 
would be quite favorable to me, and would make Lzip output more tasteful 
to me as a whole. This, of course, is my humble opinion. :)

>   vv52_new.log.lz: 15.329:1,  6.52% ratio, 93.48% saved.  ok 

Having both the saved and inverse values expressed as percentages seems 
like the better of the two options when considering decimal versus 
percentage.

Thank you for asking for user opinion on this matter.

Best regards,

Timothy Beryl Grahek