Bug#672428: texlive-latex-extra-doc: Please shrink texlive-latex-extra-doc package with xz

2012-05-14 Thread Hideki Yamane
Hi, On Fri, 11 May 2012 10:25:20 +0900 Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at wrote: Now the question is: activate it for *ALL* packages or only for some? And, how would one do that for *some* packages in an easy way (be reminded, that rules file is generated from rules.in in a specific way).

Bug#672428: texlive-latex-extra-doc: Please shrink texlive-latex-extra-doc package with xz

2012-05-10 Thread Hideki Yamane
Package: texlive-latex-extra-doc Version: 2011.20120509-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear Maintainer, texlive-latex-extra-doc package is huge - it's 308 MB. Then, I would suggest it to compress with xz, better than normal gz. normal: 308 MB xz: 276 MB It reduce 30 MB for

Bug#672428: texlive-latex-extra-doc: Please shrink texlive-latex-extra-doc package with xz

2012-05-10 Thread Norbert Preining
Yamane-san, On Fr, 11 Mai 2012, Hideki Yamane wrote: - dh_builddeb + dh_builddeb -- -Zxz Thnaks for you suggestion. Is there a reason *not* to do that for all packages at all? Is there some common practice pro/contra using xz? Best wishes Norbert

Bug#672428: texlive-latex-extra-doc: Please shrink texlive-latex-extra-doc package with xz

2012-05-10 Thread Daniele Tricoli
Hello, On Friday 11 May 2012 03:03:27 Norbert Preining wrote: Is there some common practice pro/contra using xz? Maybe this can be useful: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/08/msg1.html Cheers, -- Daniele Tricoli 'Eriol' http://mornie.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#672428: texlive-latex-extra-doc: Please shrink texlive-latex-extra-doc package with xz

2012-05-10 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fr, 11 Mai 2012, Daniele Tricoli wrote: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/08/msg1.html Ok, none of the packages are in base, so in principle it is fine to use .xz for both .orig.tar as well as .deb. Now the question is: activate it for *ALL* packages or only for some?