This bug still occurs with 16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 version.
Below you see that xz saves 19% of archive size compared to gzip :
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j@j-VB:~$ 7z l
/var/cache/apt/archives/thunderbird_16.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1_amd64.deb |
grep data
Path = data.tar.gz
Path = data.tar.gz
When updates are released, each computer has to download it :
- it takes a while
- it use energy when operating an a laptop (which is using energy as well)
When choosing an alternative to gzip, maybe you could think about lzma
whose decompression is usually faster that bzip2.
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Title:
thunderbird deb archives should use lzma compression
Status in “thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug
** Changed in: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Opinion
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Title:
thunderbird deb archives should use lzma compression
Please stop filing bugs like this. The deb size is only relevant on
some install media and the mirrors. Once installed, the package is in
its uncompressed form.
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