Name "zst" for a tool that supports multiple compression formats is ambiguous. If we could use special characters (of course we cannot), I think "*z" (wildcard z) will do.
On Wed, 2022-11-02 at 02:38 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Adam Borowski <kilob...@angband.pl> > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > * Package name : zst > Version : not released yet > Upstream Author : yours truly > * URL : https://github.com/kilobyte/zst > Programming Lang: C > Description : CLI tool for zstd (and other) compression > > This is an alternate tool for zstd compression, one that takes a lot > less space than the official one. It also behaves in a way > consistent > with other Unix compressors: the level goes only up to 9, the > original > copy of the file is not kept, etc. > . > The executable can also replace gzip xz bzip2. > > > A bunch of features are not yet ready, but I'm filing this ITP now > that > the core functionality is already working but there's still time for > design changes. Stuff that's aimed for important/Essential needs to > be discussed well... > > Existing compressors: > | tool | lib > ------+------+----- > gzip | Ess | Ess > bzip2 | std | Ess (but it'd be nice to remove it) > xz | std | Ess > zstd | opt | Ess > lz4 | opt | libsystemd0 but not libelogind0 >
