This bug still occurs with 16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 version.
Below you see that xz saves 19% of archive size compared to gzip :
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j@j-VB:~$ 7z l
/var/cache/apt/archives/thunderbird_16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_amd64.deb |
grep data
Path = data.tar.gz
Path = data.tar.gz
..... 49664000 22364697 data.tar
j@j-VB:~$ 7z x
/var/cache/apt/archives/thunderbird_16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_amd64.deb
7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=fr_FR.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,1 CPU)
Processing archive:
/var/cache/apt/archives/thunderbird_16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_amd64.deb
Extracting data.tar
Everything is Ok
Size: 49664000
Compressed: 22368922
j@j-VB:~$ gzip -c --best data.tar > data.tar.gz
j@j-VB:~$ xz -c -9e data.tar > data.tar.xz
j@j-VB:~$ ls -lk data.tar*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 j j 48500 oct. 30 02:33 data.tar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 j j 21826 nov. 1 12:38 data.tar.gz
-rw-rw-r-- 1 j j 17621 nov. 1 12:39 data.tar.xz
j@j-VB:~$
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Note that the decompression duration of a xz archive is slightly the
same that a gzip archive.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/958792
Title:
thunderbird deb archives should use lzma compression
Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
Opinion
Bug description:
Anyway, thunderbird requires ~256MB of free memory during operation.
I think that all thunderbird Debian packages should use lzma
compression method in order to decrease their size. The parameters of
the lzma compression should be choosed in order to require a maximum
of ~256MB of free memory for decompression.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: thunderbird 3.1.19+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-39.86-generic 2.6.32.56+drm33.22
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 18 21:24:05 2012
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: thunderbird
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