[tor-bugs] #16424 [metrics-lib]: Support parsing of .xz compressed tarballs

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#16424: Support parsing of .xz compressed tarballs
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     Reporter:  karsten      |      Owner:  karsten
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  needs_revision
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  metrics-lib  |    Version:
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Comment (by leeroy):

 metrics-lib depends on the soft links __currently__. The jars that
 actually get compiled depend on what they point to. metrics-lib runs on
 tor project infrastructure so it could be stable or oldstable. How can
 metrics-lib ship a terribly old libcommons when it depends on soft links?
 It will always be whatever is installed for meeting the dependency.
 metrics-lib doesn't ship libcommons.

 If you want to merge xz support this is how it is. I didn't design the
 build system. I didn't make metrics-lib general. I can't change either of
 these. This is just a great big warning sign: If you merge without the
 build file modification (which uses soft link) you will be merging non-
 functional code.

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