[tryton-debian] tarball compression (was: DM for python-sql)

[Andreas Tille]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:34:46AM +0100, Mathias Behrle wrote:
> 
> I am missing this point. Why do you think the default compression method of dpkg
> was changed? 

The default compression of *binary* packages has changed.  The default
compression of original sources has not changed and remains the same as
upstream has released the tarball.
 
> There are continous messages, that space on alioth is at its limit, currently:
> /dev/mapper/moszumanska-srv           609984912 575047500  28743616   96% /home

In how far is this related to the compression of original sources?
 
> The average space saving for a tarball of the Tryton packages is about half the
> size.
> - This is an enormous space saver (s. alioth, archive, etc.)

In how far is this effecting alioth?  You are storing the uncompressed
Git repository there, right?

> - This is an enormous traffic saver (e.g. with respect to the rather poor upload
>   I am facing with the provider Telekom even in a city this *is* a noticeable
>   benefit)

Just assume that I know the advantages of better compression in general.
If you really care about this why not convincing upstream to use xz or
bz2 compression?  I guess the sources are way more downloaded from there
than from Debian mirror where it is rather the exception than the rule.

Kind regards

     Andreas.

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