Hi Loïc, > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ecm" > > * Package name : ecm > Version : 1.00 > Upstream Author : Neill Corlett <ne...@neillcorlet.com> > * URL : http://www.neillcorlett.com/ecm/ > * License : GPL2+ > Programming Lang: C > Description : prepares CD image files so they compress better
I had a quick look at your package and did not find a problem, though I would have to give it a closer look before upload. Unfortunately, ecm seems to have a problem with files larger than 2 or 4 GB (I tried the 1st Debian Lenny DVD). I ended up with a file of size 381 MB :-((. I'm aware that ecm does not claim to handle DVD images, but it also does not refuse to handle them. I consider this a grave bug (data loss). I did another test with the first Debian Etch CD. ecm reduced the size of the image by 0.03%. Compressing the original ISO and the ecm-prepared version with bzip2 gave a 0.097% advantage for the ecm-prepared version. Do you have any number where ecm shows a reasonable gain? Don't most CDs/DVDs contain data (software, music, video) that is already compressed in one way or another? Therefore I would guess that removing some very small amount of hard-to-compress data doesn't improve the overall situation. For these reasons I'm currently inclined not to sponsor this package. Also, ecm-prepared/compressed images don't seem to be widespread as far as I can say (and the software is 7 years old). Joachim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
