** Description changed: [Impact] zsync is extremely useful to those of us who need to test .iso images often. In personal experience, 0.6.3 contains enormous improvements over 0.6.2 in resolute due to a number of new features and performance improvements. Per its NEWS file: Changes in 0.6.3 - Performance improvements for large (>250MB) files - on multi-gigabyte files - this can be a very large improvement. + this can be a very large improvement. - Tuning to reduce likelyhood of hitting bad performance due to bad checksum - distribution. + distribution. - Fix case where client would think download succeeded and try verifying it - when it had really failed. + when it had really failed. - Fix a problem where the client could get into a loop retrieving data if the - remote returned data inconsistent with the .zsync file. + remote returned data inconsistent with the .zsync file. - Improvements to some of the error and progress messages. - Stop zsync requesting bytes past the end of the target file. - Fix bug where mtime would be set to something offset from the intended value - due to timezones. + due to timezones. - Fix a case where auth headers could be send to the wrong server across a - redirect. Send auth headers unconditionally when username & password are - provided. + redirect. Send auth headers unconditionally when username & password are + provided. - Fix compilation with gcc-14. - Other optimisations. [Scope] - * Backport zsync 0.6.4-2 from stonking (dev series) - * Backport to 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) + * Backport zsync 0.6.4-2 from stonking (dev series) + * Backport to 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon) [Other Information] Reverse Depends: * Not a build dependency. - - vanilla-gnome-desktop - - quickemu, which presumably uses zsync as a runtime dependency for downloading .iso images. This has been tested and there are no regressions here. + - vanilla-gnome-desktop + - quickemu, which presumably uses zsync as a runtime dependency for downloading .iso images. This has been tested and there are no regressions here. Reverse Recommends: * Metapackages only: - - kubuntu-desktop - ACK obtained from rikmills - - ubuntu-budgie-desktop - ACK obtained from fossfreedom - - lubuntu-desktop - ACK obtained from arraybolt3 + - kubuntu-desktop - ACK obtained from rikmills + - ubuntu-budgie-desktop - ACK obtained from fossfreedom + - lubuntu-desktop Maintenance: - * Further backports of zsync will be provided by myself to noble with + * Further backports of zsync will be provided by myself to noble with newer versions in the devel branch as they come. Each one will be regression-tested against quickemu.
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