From: "Sören Tempel" <soeren@soeren-tempel.net>
To: discuss@mandoc.bsd.lv
Subject: zstd compression
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:10:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3T0GC5KH2QOJE.3MWZ01GDN6VSI@8pit.net> (raw)
Hi,
Compression schemes beyond gzip are currently being adopted by Linux
distributions for man page compression. Case in point: Guix [1] has
switched to zstd compression recently, which has sadly rendered the
Guix mandoc package defunct [2].
For other downstream packagers impacted by this, I wanted to point out
that the zstd project provides a wrapper library which is API-compatible
with zlib and easily allows adapting software using zlib (e.g. mandoc)
to zstd compression. A sample patchset for doing that is available in
the Guix patch tracker [3].
Given mandoc's stance on man page compression [4], this is rather
intended as an FYI for downstream packagers, but in case there is
interested in proper upstream support for additional compression
algorithm, feel free to let me know.
Cheers!
Sören
[1]: https://guix.gnu.org/
[2]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68242
[3]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/75501
[4]: https://inbox.vuxu.org/mandoc-discuss/20201129201424.GI58187@athene.usta.de
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2025-01-28 7:10 Sören Tempel [this message]
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2025-01-31 12:43 ` Ingo Schwarze
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