As soon as this is added to gnulib, I'll be happy to prepare for a new gzip release that includes it.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 9:45 AM Sam Russell <sam.h.russ...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I should also add that I'm planning long term to try and get the major open > source tools (e.g. gzip) using the most efficient algorithms for CRC32, so > there will be more patches coming in future to match the ones I've submitted > to coreutils. Are there any volunteers to be maintainer for these? > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 17:52 Sam Russell <sam.h.russ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I'd prefer of the crc PCLMUL feature is "opt-in" from a package >> > maintainer point of view. >> >> fine by me, this just requires a change to the build script then? the >> binding in crc.c has #ifdefs around it already >> >> > So this would be removed. >> >> ok, so we just need crc pclmul to be explicitly flagged on by a downstream >> maintainer to make it work? I'll look into how to make that work >> >> > Add yourself as maintainer of the new module please :) >> >> I can't commit to being a maintainer, but I can commit to being available >> for a few months in the case of any bugs arising. My goal here is improving >> the speed of gzip, would it be a better bet to work directly with them to >> get it included there? >>
