Hi guys,

Since commit [1], I see that OpenWrt switched to zst compression for checking 
out Git sources, but it looks like the conversation about enforcing package 
source code integrity checks [2] did not reach a conclusion (and it is 
problematic, though). Anyway, in OpenWrt feeds, we are downloading tarballs 
with .tar.xz extensions, which is preferred, as said in our CONTRIBUTING.md [3].

What should we agree upon with this?
1. Should we stick to using still .tar.xz?
2. Should we use .tar.gz or any other extensions?
However, tar.gz is bigger, but that should not be an issue at all since we are 
downloading these packages on hosts. However, we need to keep an eye on 
mirrors's storage.

This discussion is raised because package maintainers are not sure what to do, 
and once in a while, we switch to .tar.gz and then to .tar.xz for no reason 
[4]. 

[1] 
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/706f0e395f5392da0a502f1039aa01ca14849ec5
 
[2] https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2024-April/042594.html
[3] 
https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#package-sources-archives-and-repositories
[4] https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/24299/files

Regards,
Josef
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