tl;dr do you rely on the .bz2 release tarballs on downloads.haskell.org? If so, let us know! Hello everyone, As you may have noticed, a few releases ago we started producing xz-compressed binary distributions in addition to the usual bzip2 tarballs. While preparing 8.0.1-rc1 it was suggested that we move to distributing xz tarballs exclusively. Not only would this move reduce storage and bandwidth demands on our infrastructure but it would also simplify the job of producing the distributions. Indeed there is plenty of precendent for projects who have moved exclusively to xz (the Linux kernel and git being two examples). Of course, these reasons alone aren't sufficient to abandon those who might rely on our bzip2 tarballs. If you feel strongly that we should continue to distribute bzip2 tarballs, please let us know. Thanks! - Your friendly GHC packaging gnomes