The patch contents indicate that only libzstd1 >= 1.4.0 are a requirement for the new parallel compression support. Bullseye has version 1.4.8 in the repos and buster-backports has version 1.4.4 which are both compatible with these changes.
Please reconsider in light of these corrections. On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 7:00 AM Debian Bug Tracking System < ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the dpkg package: > > #1033961: dpkg: Please add support for zstd (Zstandard) compressed > packages (for stable/oldstable) > > It has been closed by Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Guillem Jover < > guil...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 1033961: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1033961 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> > To: theofficialgman <dofficialg...@gmail.com>, > 1033961-d...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 12:57:58 +0200 > Subject: Re: Bug#1033961: dpkg: Please add support for zstd (Zstandard) > compressed packages (for stable/oldstable) > Control: tag -1 wontfix > > On Tue, 2023-04-04 at 22:34:20 -0400, theofficialgman wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Severity: wishlist > > > Please backport these changes > > (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892664 > > https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/diff/?id=2c2f7066b6b) > <https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/diff/?id=2c2f7066b>) into > > debian stable (bullseye) and debian oldstable (buster). The lack of > > tar.zst support is critical for these releases as time goes on and > > many popular CI systems only have Ubuntu builders. The lack of tar.zst > > support means that for many projects providing packages for debian > > distros is not possible or too difficult. > > That commit depends on several other refactors linked to the parallel > compression support for xz. But in any case this is a significant > change, that does not seem justifiable for a stable release update. > > (Also building for distribution X from distribution Y, even though > unfortunately common, is in general frowned upon, and I'd strongly > advise against doing that anyway.) > > So I'm afraid, I'll have to decline this request. > > Regards, > Guillem > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: theofficialgman <dofficialg...@gmail.com> > To: sub...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 22:34:20 -0400 > Subject: dpkg: Please add support for zstd (Zstandard) compressed packages > (for stable/oldstable) > > Package: dpkg > Severity: wishlist > > Dear debian developers, > > Please backport these changes > (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892664 > https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/diff/?id=2c2f7066b) into debian > stable (bullseye) and debian oldstable (buster). The lack of tar.zst support > is critical for these releases as time goes on and many popular CI systems > only have Ubuntu builders. The lack of tar.zst support means that for many > projects providing packages for debian distros is not possible or too > difficult. > > With the ease of which the backport is achievable I am politely requesting > that you include it in the mentioned distros at urnest. > > Thanks > >
