Re: Switching release media dist sets to .tzst (tar + zstd)?

2024-12-14 Thread Ed Maste
On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 19:42, Mark Millard wrote: > > I tend to use https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org/snapshot/*/*/*/*/*.txz > for crude bisecting without needing to do builds. > > Are you saying that such will no longer be a possibility? (This is > not a which-compression-style question.) With pkg

Re: Switching release media dist sets to .tzst (tar + zstd)?

2024-12-14 Thread Mark Millard
On Dec 14, 2024, at 06:21, Ed Maste wrote: > On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 19:42, Mark Millard wrote: >> >> I tend to use https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org/snapshot/*/*/*/*/*.txz >> for crude bisecting without needing to do builds. >> >> Are you saying that such will no longer be a possibility? (This i

Re: Switching release media dist sets to .tzst (tar + zstd)?

2024-12-14 Thread Simon J. Gerraty
Ed Maste wrote: > Pros of zstd: > - Faster compression and decompression speeds. > - Aligns with the compression method used for FreeBSD packages. FWIW this should also allow the sets to be mountable using tarfs? Browse the content without having to unpack.

[2 WEEKS LEFT REMINDER] Call for 2024Q4 status reports

2024-12-14 Thread Lorenzo Salvadore
Dear FreeBSD Community, The deadline for the next FreeBSD Status Report update is December, 31st 2024 for work done since the last round of quarterly reports: October 2024 - December 2024. I would like to remind you that reports are published on a quarterly basis and are usually collected during t