Thanks for the quick reply, and see my argument for releasing the zstd support soonish below. :wink:
________________________________________ From: Jelmer Vernooij <jel...@jelmer.uk> Sent: 18 April 2022 15:19 To: Quirin Pamp Cc: pkg-python-debian-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org Subject: Re: zstd support in python-debian Hi Quirin, On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 02:02:42PM +0000, Quirin Pamp wrote: > I am the primary maintainer of the pulp_deb plugin > (https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/) of the pulp project > (https://pulpproject.org/). > The plugin uses python-debian as its primary dependency. > > Since Ubuntu has started using zstd compression for their deb packages > starting with Ubuntu impish, we have not been able to upload such packages to > our software: https://github.com/pulp/pulp_deb/issues/459 > > I have now successfully tested the following MR from your source repo, which > appears to fix the problem (so long as the zstd program is independently > available): > https://salsa.debian.org/python-debian-team/python-debian/-/merge_requests/79 > I also tried registering an account on your GitLab instance, so I might > comment directly on the MR, which is pending administrator approval. The MR looks reasonable to me at a first glance (it'd be nice to use python-zstd rather than the zstd command-line tool, but that's not a blocker for landing it I think). > My question is if there are any plans to release a version of python-debian > that includes the above MR? I'm not sure how I would describe our philosophy here - I think generally we're pretty open to doing a new release if there's something that warrants it. In that case I present the following argument in favor of releasing the zstd support feature soon: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) is due for release tomorrow, and my understanding is that they will be using zstd compressed packages for this release. > I was also wondering if there is any way I can get more directly involved > with python-debian development/maintenance, since this will likely not be the > last time we have some need regarding this library? Perhaps the best way to start is to either work on something that you need yourself; the bug tracker is a good source of inspiration for this. In general, we're happy to help out with design advice here or on the MR. If you fail to get a response - please do ping us. Cheers, Jelmer -- https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-python-debian-maint
