Bug#520619: Debian BTS: pigz as gzip replacement

2016-06-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Rolf Leggewie [Sat, Jun 04 2016, 02:26:08PM]: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:18:44 +0200 Kernc wrote: > > Are patches welcome? > > Disclosure: I'm not the maintainer, but patches should always be > welcome, I suppose. And the way I know Eduard, he is quick to act on > them, too. I am not sur

Bug#520619: Debian BTS: pigz as gzip replacement

2016-06-04 Thread Rolf Leggewie
On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:18:44 +0200 Kernc wrote: > Are patches welcome? Disclosure: I'm not the maintainer, but patches should always be welcome, I suppose. And the way I know Eduard, he is quick to act on them, too.

Bug#520619:

2015-04-27 Thread Kernc
The request is not unpopular. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pigz/+bug/523309 http://askubuntu.com/questions/62607/whats-the-best-way-to-use-parallel-bzip2-and-gzip-by-default http://serverfault.com/questions/270814/fastest-way-to-extract-tar-gz Besides alternatives, `Provides: gzip` c

Bug#520619: pigz: Use Debian alternatives system

2009-03-21 Thread Jari Aalto
Package: pigz Version: 2.1.4-1 Severity: normal As pigz is drop-in replacement (sufficiently) for gzip, please add ability to choose it via standard Debian alternatives system. $ update-alternatives --list gzip /bin/gzip /usr/bin/pigz $ update-alternatives --config gzip ... -- S