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bug#33919: [PATCH 0/5] Add Zstandard compression for installation and ut
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#33919: [PATCH 0/5] Add Zstandard compression for installation and utilities |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:44:37 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: Alex <agrambot@gmail.com>, 33919@debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus
> <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:32:05 +0200
>
> > I'm okay with adding support for zstd to Emacs, but I'm not sure we
> > should complicate the build with offering yet another compression
> > option. Up front, I don't think the advantages of zstd are really so
> > overwhelming that they will justify the complexity.
> >
> > So maybe split the patch series in two; the part that adds zstd
> > support to Emacs can be installed already.
>
> Nothing further was done here (I think), but Michael confirmed that the
> Tramp part of the changes work. And the functionality is split into
> patches -- I can apply the first three patches (the ones that add the
> support for external zstd binaries) and skip the last two (that add a
> compilation option for the zstd library)?
When you ask a question, I'd appreciate if next time you waited a bit
longer for the answer. (I've only seen the question this morning,
i.e. 12 hours ago, and didn't yet have time to re-read the discussions
and the patches.) TIA.