Bug#687294: aptitude: Please use xz compression for all binaries

2012-09-11 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.8.1-1 Severity: important Tags: d-i patch Hi, we're trying to make some room on CD#1, and both aptitude{,-common} are good candidates. Applying the attached patch, one gets the following savings (on amd64, in MB): - aptitude: 1.9 → 1.4 - aptitude-common: 2.6 →

Bug#687294: aptitude: Please use xz compression for all binaries

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel Hartwig
On 11 September 2012 22:11, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: we're trying to make some room on CD#1, and both aptitude{,-common} are good candidates. Applying the attached patch, one gets the following savings (on amd64, in MB): - aptitude: 1.9 → 1.4 - aptitude-common: 2.6 → 1.5

Bug#687294: aptitude: Please use xz compression for all binaries

2012-09-11 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Daniel Hartwig mand...@gmail.com (12/09/2012): Small question: aptitude is Priority: important and I read that the base system (Priority: required) can not use xz, so I guess this is ok for P: important packages? AFAICT yes. (For required packages, that might change for jessie.) Mraw, KiBi.

Bug#687294: aptitude: Please use xz compression for all binaries

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel Hartwig
Control: tags -1 + pending On 12 September 2012 10:56, Cyril Brulebois k...@debian.org wrote: Daniel Hartwig mand...@gmail.com (12/09/2012): Small question: aptitude is Priority: important and I read that the base system (Priority: required) can not use xz, so I guess this is ok for P: