From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33919: [PATCH 0/5] Add Zstandard compression for installation and utilities Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 17:21:11 +0200 Message-ID: <831s5z59co.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tviv3427.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1546183206 10740 195.159.176.226 (30 Dec 2018 15:20:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:20:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33919@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alex Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 16:20:01 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcsj-0002hj-Kt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 16:20:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45090 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcuq-0003Zz-FZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:22:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38918) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcul-0003Zd-CO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:22:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcug-00056X-F0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:22:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44560) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcug-00056T-Bu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:22:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcug-00053G-3e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:22:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33919 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 33919-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33919.154618330119390 (code B ref 33919); Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33919) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2018 15:21:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42542 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcuL-00052g-Ac for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47771) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcuJ-00052X-1R for 33919@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcuD-0004SF-F5 for 33919@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:38 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcu6-0004J3-FS; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:27 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3561 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gdcu6-0001Ot-3d; Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:21:26 -0500 In-reply-to: <87tviv3427.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Alex on Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:46:08 -0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:154023 Archived-At: > From: Alex > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:46:08 -0600 > > I figured that it would be nice to support other compression programs > for installed files, and Zstandard[1] seems like a good alternative > for gzip in this area due to its fast decompression and wide range of > options. Thanks. I'm okay with adding support for zstd to Emacs, but I'm not sure we should complicate the build with offering yet another compression option. Up front, I don't think the advantages of zstd are really so overwhelming that they will justify the complexity. So maybe split the patch series in two; the part that adds zstd support to Emacs can be installed already.