On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 07:29:09PM +0100, Kevin Kofler via devel wrote:
> Daniel Alley wrote:
> > One more point: createrepo_c uses zstd compression level 10, but the range
> > goes all the way up to level 22.  I would oppose making the default much
> > computationally heavier than it is currently, but if spending 20x longer
> > to compress the repo 10% more is desirable to the fedora project, then
> > createrepo_c could perhaps add a the ability to select a compression
> > level.
> > 
> > zstd at high compression levels is very nearly as good at compressing as
> > xz and sometimes better, while remaining much faster to decompress. --
> 
> Considering that compression happens once on the server and downloading and 
> decompression happens many times on many computers, I think we should use 
> the highest possible compression level.

+1

Zbyszek
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