From: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, 45460@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#45460] [PATCH 3/5] publish: Add support for zstd compression.
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:17:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0ccd6512-566f-3c5a-cd62-65a2d320d919@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201227143809.18554-3-ludo@gnu.org>
Nice thing, only one nitpick
On 27.12.20 15:38, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix publish): Document zstd compression.
> ---
> doc/guix.texi | 18 ++++++++++++------
> guix/scripts/publish.scm | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
> tests/publish.scm | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index b12cb11bdf..ed38f2e37b 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -12329,17 +12329,23 @@ server socket is open and the signing key has been read.
> @item --compression[=@var{method}[:@var{level}]]
> @itemx -C [@var{method}[:@var{level}]]
> Compress data using the given @var{method} and @var{level}. @var{method} is
> -one of @code{lzip} and @code{gzip}; when @var{method} is omitted, @code{gzip}
> -is used.
> +one of @code{lzip}, @code{zstd}, and @code{gzip}; when @var{method} is
> +omitted, @code{gzip} is used.
>
> When @var{level} is zero, disable compression. The range 1 to 9 corresponds
> to different compression levels: 1 is the fastest, and 9 is the best
> (CPU-intensive). The default is 3.
>
> -Usually, @code{lzip} compresses noticeably better than @code{gzip} for a small
> -increase in CPU usage; see
> -@uref{https://nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html,benchmarks on the lzip Web
> -page}.
> +Usually, @code{lzip} compresses noticeably better than @code{gzip} for a
> +small increase in CPU usage; see
> +@uref{https://nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html,benchmarks on the lzip
> +Web page}. However, @code{lzip} achieves low decompression throughput
> +(on the order of 50@tie{}MiB/s on modern hardware), which can be a
> +bottleneck for someone who downloads over a fast network connection.
> +
> +The compression ratio of @code{zstd} is between that of @code{lzip} and
> +that of @code{gzip}; its main advantage is a
> +@uref{https://facebook.github.io/zstd/,high decompression speed}.
>
> Unless @option{--cache} is used, compression occurs on the fly and
> the compressed streams are not
It should be also documented at the `guix-publish-configuration` section
in the manual. As I guess that a lot of publish server admins look there...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-28 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-27 14:13 [bug#45460] [PATCH 0/5] Zstd support for 'guix publish' and 'guix substitute' Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-27 14:38 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 1/5] utils: Remove 'compressed-output-port' Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-27 14:38 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 2/5] utils: Support zstd compression via Guile-zstd Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-27 14:38 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 3/5] publish: Add support for zstd compression Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-28 9:17 ` Jonathan Brielmaier [this message]
2021-01-03 15:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-27 14:38 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 4/5] substitute: Add zstd support Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-27 14:38 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 5/5] doc: Mention optional dependency on Guile-zstd Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-30 9:30 ` [bug#45460] [PATCH 0/5] Zstd support for 'guix publish' and 'guix substitute' Mathieu Othacehe
2021-01-03 15:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-01-13 22:08 ` Ludovic Courtès
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