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Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> I think, as long as there is no really minimal lzmadec available |
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> yet (as standalone package), we should more standard compressors |
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> like gzip or bzip2. Adding that whole bunch of deps just to |
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> save a few bytes IMHO isn't worth it. |
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Keep in mind that this might mean doing our own repackaging of upstream |
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if they don't have a supported option. I think the only other option |
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would be to create an "lzmalite" package or something like that which |
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simply contains the decompressor in ordinary C. You could really turn |
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that into a separate package like gentoolkit or whatever - I wouldn't |
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actually embed the code into portage since that isn't the unix way and |
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it just forced other package managers (and other distros) to do the same |
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thing. An lzmalite package could have a life of its own and as a result |
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benefit from fewer bugs/etc. |
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But, I'm not going to be the one writing the thing, so feel free to not |
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listen to any of this... :) |
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