Public bug reported: In artful bzip2 is no longer allowed. The defaults for dpkg-deb are xz level 6, which in my testing seems to be roughly the same speed as what we're using now (ppa build time differences were within the noise). This only actually applies to the main and extras packages anyway.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee) Status: Fix Committed ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: High Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: High Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee) Status: Fix Committed ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Artful) Importance: High Assignee: Seth Forshee (sforshee) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Zesty) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Zesty) Assignee: (unassigned) => Seth Forshee (sforshee) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Artful) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686782 Title: Need to stop using bip2 compression in packages for zesty onward Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Zesty: In Progress Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Committed Bug description: In artful bzip2 is no longer allowed. The defaults for dpkg-deb are xz level 6, which in my testing seems to be roughly the same speed as what we're using now (ppa build time differences were within the noise). This only actually applies to the main and extras packages anyway. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1686782/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp