Bug#898410: btrfs-progs: Please build with ZSTD support
Hi Dimitri.
Dimitri John Ledkov - 12.05.18, 11:00:
> On 11 May 2018 at 11:24, Martin Steigerwald
> 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
Bug#898410: btrfs-progs: Please build with ZSTD support
Hi,
On 11 May 2018 at 11:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Package: btrfs-progs
> Version: 4.15.1-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Dear Dmitry,
>
> 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.
This bug report is thus effectively duplicate of #886968 / reopening of it.
I guess I can reassign this to the libzstd package?!
Ideally, kernel, btrfs-progs, and d-i would all support the same
features set, like it is the case in Ubuntu...
Regards,
Dimitri.
Bug#898410: btrfs-progs: Please build with ZSTD support
Package: btrfs-progs
Version: 4.15.1-2
Severity: wishlist
Dear Dmitry,
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.
Thank you.
Martin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-rc4-tp520-btrfstrim+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de
(charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages btrfs-progs depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.32-0.1
ii libc6 2.27-3
ii liblzo2-2 2.08-1.2+b2
ii libuuid1 2.32-0.1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
btrfs-progs recommends no packages.
Versions of packages btrfs-progs suggests:
ii duperemove 0.11-1
-- no debconf information
