Package: btrfs-progs
Version: 4.15.1-2
Severity: wishlist
Dear Dmitry,
Today I wanted switch from LZO to ZSTD support. But I stumbled upon:
btrfs-progs (4.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* If libzstd is provided in both deb & udeb variants (such as Ubuntu
bionic) enable zstd support. If libzstd is not provided with both deb
& udeb variants (such as current Debian unstable) disable zstd
support. If and when libzstd is provided in both deb & udeb variants,
a binNMU of this package is sufficient to enable zstd support. Closes:
#886968
I skimmed through that bug report, but I did not get what it will mean
for ZSTD support in Debian.
Also your changelog entry looks like it could happen never or at any time
("If and when").
So I open this wishlist report to state that I like to see ZSTD support
in btrfs-progs as being packaged in Debian. As it reads as tough you chose
not be the one deciding upon it, feel free to reassign this to whoever is in
charge (Debian installer team probably).
I wonder about just compiling it myself. It should be safe, cause even when
update-initramfs still stuffes the packaged tools into the inital ram disk,
the kernel will be available to use zstd compression files.
Thank you.
Martin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-rc4-tp520-btrfstrim+ (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de
(charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages btrfs-progs depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.32-0.1
ii libc6 2.27-3
ii liblzo2-2 2.08-1.2+b2
ii libuuid1 2.32-0.1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
btrfs-progs recommends no packages.
Versions of packages btrfs-progs suggests:
ii duperemove 0.11-1
-- no debconf information
