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@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ GNU sed NEWS -*- outline -*-
is what stopped working. [bug introduced some time after sed-3.02 and
prior to the first sed-4* test release]
+** Build-related
+
+ "make dist" now builds .tar.xz files, rather than .tar.gz ones.
+ xz is portable enough and in wide-enough use that distributing
+ only .tar.xz files is enough. It has been fine for coreutils, grep,
+ diffutils and parted for a few years.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 4.2.2 (2012-12-22) [stable]