Re: [Dragora-users] Proposal: add to qi possibility to switch type of tarlz compression granularity

[DustDFG]

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 1:24 PM Matías Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
>
> El 2022-05-19 08:48, Matías Fonzo escribió:
> > Hi!,
> >
> > El 2022-05-19 01:31, DustDFG escribió:
> >>
> >>> > I understand that you want to get the
> >>> > smallest possible size of an archive. If I have a fully empty disk
> >>> > with 1TB capacity, I may want to get more speed especially if I build
> >>> > packages for testing (not for release)...
> >>>
> >>> And this has been optimized in Dragora, not to mention that it is
> >>> also
> >>> subject to build systems, hardware, parallel jobs for the
> >>> compiler....
> >>>
> >>
> >> I am not sure that I understood it correctly. As I know, qi waste some
> >> time at build time. When I want to build package and install it for
> >> example with the following command `qi build -i`, qi produces the tlz
> >> package and then installs it (unpack). It is visibly when you build
> >> kernel package....
> >>
> >
> > Well, the package specifically in Dragora includes not only the image,
> > but also the modules, moreover the build tree (in another package).
> > We are talking about a huge package (40M compressed), and for what Qi
> > does it (at installation) is pretty good in my opinion.
> >
> > Try installing the kernel package on Debian, Slackware, or Fedora.
> > And compare which one is faster.
>
> Okay, I'm trying the --no-solid option, this could be useful for large
> packages or for packages with an important size.  However, better to
> wait to the suggestions of Antonio.
>

I just want to remind that I don't propose to change the default
behavior. I think that it must be a decision of user to use another
granularity level. I  also agree that binary packages that is for
release must be produced with --solid option...