Package: basemap Version: 1.0.2-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch compressing basemap with xz makes the package 30% smaller saving 30mb [0]. I think this is a significant enough saving to warrant the use of xz.
Attached a patch to do so [1]. On the next upstream release the orig tarball could be re-compressed with xz too which also saves 30mb. [0] orig (gz) -1, xz compressed -2: 7.0M ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap-doc_1.0.2-1_all.deb 664K ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap_1.0.2-1_amd64.deb 101M ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap-data_1.0.2-1_all.deb 293K ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap_1.0.2-2_amd64.deb 7.0M ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap-doc_1.0.2-2_all.deb 71M ./python-mpltoolkits.basemap-data_1.0.2-2_all.deb [1] The dpkg Predepends is needed for derivatives which have releases with older dpkg versions.
diff -Nru basemap-1.0.2/debian/changelog basemap-1.0.2/debian/changelog --- basemap-1.0.2/debian/changelog 2012-01-04 22:25:41.000000000 +0100 +++ basemap-1.0.2/debian/changelog 2012-01-04 22:28:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +basemap (1.0.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * use xz compression + + -- Julian Taylor <[email protected]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:15:06 +0100 + basemap (1.0.2-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream release diff -Nru basemap-1.0.2/debian/control basemap-1.0.2/debian/control --- basemap-1.0.2/debian/control 2012-01-04 22:25:41.000000000 +0100 +++ basemap-1.0.2/debian/control 2012-01-04 22:28:20.000000000 +0100 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Package: python-mpltoolkits.basemap Architecture: any +Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6) Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-mpltoolkits.basemap-data (>= ${source:Version}), python-matplotlib Recommends: python-dap, python-imaging Description: matplotlib toolkit to plot on map projections @@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ Package: python-mpltoolkits.basemap-data Architecture: all +Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6) Depends: ${misc:Depends} Description: matplotlib toolkit to plot on map projections (data package) The matplotlib basemap toolkit is a library for plotting 2D data on maps in @@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ Package: python-mpltoolkits.basemap-doc Section: doc Architecture: all +Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6) Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${sphinxdoc:Depends} Description: matplotlib toolkit to plot on map projections (documentation) The matplotlib basemap toolkit is a library for plotting 2D data on maps in diff -Nru basemap-1.0.2/debian/rules basemap-1.0.2/debian/rules --- basemap-1.0.2/debian/rules 2012-01-04 22:25:41.000000000 +0100 +++ basemap-1.0.2/debian/rules 2012-01-04 22:30:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ override_dh_sphinxdoc: dh_sphinxdoc -i + +override_dh_builddeb: + dh_builddeb -- -Zxz
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