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

[Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado]

On 08/09/17 22:45, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> 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 mean, what do you think about changing this
>
>    vv52_new.log.lz: 15.329:1,  0.522 bits/byte, 93.48% saved.  ok
>
> to this
>
>    vv52_new.log.lz: 15.329:1,  0.065 ratio, 93.48% saved.  ok

I prefer this one.



> or even to this?
>
>    vv52_new.log.lz: 15.329:1,  6.52% ratio, 93.48% saved.  ok
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Antonio.


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