APPLIED J: Re: [J][UNSTABLE][PATCH 0/3] Use default compression for most packages

[Paolo Pisati]

On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 02:20:57PM +0000, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> This patch series alligns .deb compression format to the dpkg-dev
> default one for most packages. In Impish, a change was made to use
> zstd by default for its superior decompression speed. However, it
> appears to be unsuitable for kernel ddebs due to their huge size. This
> patchseries makes a choice to use the default compression method for
> most packages, keep image package uncompressed, and continue to use xz
> for ddebs. This should maintain the wider distribution goal of faster
> package installation and upgrades, whilst keeping our build times
> under reasonable control.
> 
> Separately I am investigating to make our ddebs smaller by fixing
> support for detached debug symbols, and using more compact DWARF5
> debug format.

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