Hi Dimitri.
Dimitri John Ledkov - 12.05.18, 11:00:
> On 11 May 2018 at 11:24, Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de>
> wrote:
> > Package: btrfs-progs
> > Version: 4.15.1-2
> > Severity: wishlist
[…]
> > Today I wanted switch from LZO to ZSTD support. But I stumbled upon:
> > btrfs-progs (4.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
> > .
> >
> > * If libzstd is provided in both deb & udeb variants (such as
> > Ubuntu
> >
> > bionic) enable zstd support. If libzstd is not provided with
> > both deb
> > & udeb variants (such as current Debian unstable) disable zstd
> > support. If and when libzstd is provided in both deb & udeb
> > variants,
> > a binNMU of this package is sufficient to enable zstd support.
> > Closes: #886968
> >
> > I skimmed through that bug report, but I did not get what it will
> > mean for ZSTD support in Debian.
> >
> > Also your changelog entry looks like it could happen never or at any
> > time ("If and when").
> >
> > So I open this wishlist report to state that I like to see ZSTD
> > support in btrfs-progs as being packaged in Debian. As it reads as
> > tough you chose not be the one deciding upon it, feel free to
> > reassign this to whoever is in charge (Debian installer team
> > probably).
> >
> > I wonder about just compiling it myself. It should be safe, cause
> > even when update-initramfs still stuffes the packaged tools into
> > the inital ram disk, the kernel will be available to use zstd
> > compression files.
>
> I uploaded udeb support for libzstd, which got rejected by an FTP
> Trainee without any reason given. Thus I lost interest in working on
> that, hence the upload to btrfs-progs to disable zstd support.
> Introducing a second compilation of btrfs, with/without zstd, for
> deb/udeb respectively, is doable - for Debian only builds. And I'd be
> willing to take a patch which does that, but not interested in writing
> that myself.
Thank you for the explaination.
> This bug report is thus effectively duplicate of #886968 / reopening
> of it.
>
> I guess I can reassign this to the libzstd package?!
Well sounds about right to me, as I agree with:
> Ideally, kernel, btrfs-progs, and d-i would all support the same
> features set, like it is the case in Ubuntu...
I just like to see zstd support in btrfs-progs, and as the other bug was
closed… I am currently not sure whether I´d work on a patch myself for
anything, especially as your udeb got rejected without providing a
reason.
Thanks,
--
Martin
