Hi,
As dpkg introduced xz compression by default, we can make whole
packages xz-ed now. I think it's worth to try, so propose it as
a release goal (I know it should be sent before its dead line, but
please read).
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item)
rebuild whole package with xz
Benefit)
users : it reduces download (update) time.
mirror admins : it cuts traffic.
How to archive it? (a.k.a. costs))
Just rebuild your package with dpkg (>=1.17.0), cheap.
(it's not in jessie yet, Bug#717983 prevents to migrate to testing,
but now fixed in git and pending).
How to check it?)
Yes, just "ar -x" and you'll see it as data.tar.{gz,bz2,xz}, easy.
Trackable?)
So yes, just do it as above for whole repository and track numbers
and list non-xz-ed package.
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Any idea for this?
It's worth to try *and* not so difficult, IMHO.
--
Hideki Yamane
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