commit: 68856e335f66b04722536a899c53459246064174
Author: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 13 15:52:25 2016 +0000
Commit: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Jun 16 01:16:13 2016 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=68856e33
ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches: suggest compressing patches with xz
With app-arch/xz-utils being in @system, suggest patches to be
compressed with xz as it achieves higher compression rates than bzip2.
Reported-by: dracwyrm <j.scruggs <AT> gmail.com>
ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml
b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml
index 4bb8375..f0b1f13 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ number in the patch name as a suffix to the version part
<d/>
</p>
<p>
-Larger patches should be <uri
link="::general-concepts/mirrors/#suitable-download-hosts">mirrored</uri>,
-preferrable on the Gentoo Infrastructure. When mirroring patches, choosing a
-name that will not cause conflicts is important — the <c>${P}</c>
-prefix is highly recommended here. Mirrored patches are often
-compressed with <c>bzip2</c>. Remember to list these patches in
-<c>SRC_URI</c>.
+Larger patches should be
+<uri link="::general-concepts/mirrors/#suitable-download-hosts">
+mirrored</uri>, preferably on the Gentoo Infrastructure. When
+mirroring patches, choosing a name that will not cause conflicts is
+important — the <c>${P}</c> prefix is highly recommended
+here. Mirrored patches are often compressed with <c>xz</c> or
+<c>bzip2</c>. Remember to list these patches in <c>SRC_URI</c>.
</p>
<note>
