Re: [Tails-dev] About SquashFS default compression setting
intrigeri: > anonym: >> This change will require some coordination with our infra's sysadmins, >> though, so it might take a while for it to be applied. > > … unless "defaultcomp" remains unofficially supported for a little > while, with a mere warning displayed, so that everyone learns about > the transition they have to go through. I prefer such approaches to > the flag day one that assumes everyone is on top of their tails-dev@ > backlog etc. :) Right, that's much better! Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] About SquashFS default compression setting
anonym: > a ticket and patches renaming them to `fastcomp` and `releasecomp` (or > similar) would > be welcome. These names look OK to me. > This change will require some coordination with our infra's sysadmins, > though, so it might take a while for it to be applied. … unless "defaultcomp" remains unofficially supported for a little while, with a mere warning displayed, so that everyone learns about the transition they have to go through. I prefer such approaches to the flag day one that assumes everyone is on top of their tails-dev@ backlog etc. :) Cheers! -- intrigeri ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
Re: [Tails-dev] About SquashFS default compression setting
Arnaud: > Dear Tails, > > this is just a detail I'd like to discuss. > > When I did my first Tails build a while ago, I didn't specify any > SquashFS compression setting. So I expected the compression to be the > default. And amazingly, there's a setting called 'defaultcomp', which > correspond to xz compression. So I was a bit surprised to see in the > logs that I ended up with gzip compression instead. > > What I'm trying to say is that, from the point of view of the person who > builds Tails, there's no 'default' compression. The compression is > automatically chosen by the build system: xz for release, gzip otherwise > (tell me if I'm mistaken). > > So I think it's a bit misleading to have a setting named 'defaultcomp', > and it would be better named 'xzcomp'. > > What do you think ? I can open an issue and provide a patch if you agree > with me. Yeah, and it even used to be even worse, cause we hadn't unambiguously defined when a "release build" should occur before, but since the recent rework of the build system this is well-defined (build a release if and only if HEAD is tagged). Any way, a ticket and patches renaming them to `fastcomp` and `releasecomp` (or similar) would be welcome. This change will require some coordination with our infra's sysadmins, though, so it might take a while for it to be applied. Cheers! ___ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
