From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Are gzip-compressed substitutes still used?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:06:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <867dm5wt7v.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87im5p3dsq.fsf@gnu.org>
Hi,
On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 18:12, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> I’d still like to start providing zstd-compressed substitutes though.
> So I think what we can do is:
>
> • start providing zstd substitutes on berlin right now so that when
> 1.2.1 comes out, at least some substitutes are available as zstd;
>
> • when 1.2.1 is announced, announce that gzip substitutes may be
> removed in the future and invite users to upgrade;
>
> • revisit this issue with an eye on dropping gzip within 6–18 months.
Sounds reasonable. The full removal could be announced for the 1.4
release. Even if we do not know when it will happen. ;-) So people
know what to expect.
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-17 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-14 22:20 When substitute download + decompression is CPU-bound Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-14 22:29 ` Julien Lepiller
2020-12-14 22:59 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2020-12-15 7:52 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-15 9:45 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2020-12-15 9:54 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-15 10:03 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2020-12-15 10:13 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-15 10:14 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-15 11:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-15 12:31 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-18 14:59 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-18 15:33 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-12-15 11:36 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-12-15 11:45 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2020-12-15 10:40 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2020-12-15 19:43 ` Joshua Branson
2021-01-07 10:45 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2021-01-07 11:00 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-01-07 11:33 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2021-01-14 21:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-01-14 22:08 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2021-01-28 17:53 ` Are gzip-compressed substitutes still used? Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-17 17:12 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-17 17:33 ` Léo Le Bouter
2021-03-17 18:08 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2021-03-18 0:03 ` zimoun
2021-03-18 16:00 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2021-03-18 18:53 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-20 11:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-17 18:06 ` zimoun [this message]
2021-03-17 18:20 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2021-03-18 17:25 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-01-15 8:10 ` When substitute download + decompression is CPU-bound Pierre Neidhardt
2021-01-28 17:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-01-29 9:45 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-01-29 11:23 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2021-01-29 11:55 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2021-01-29 12:13 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2021-01-29 13:06 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2021-01-29 14:55 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2021-02-01 22:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-01-29 13:33 ` zimoun
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