[Bug 2088431] Re: [Wishlist] dpkg-source supporting lz4 compression

[Julian Andres Klode]

lz4 support is generally speaking a bad idea, it's a real-time
compressor, and not intended for static assets really.

I'd say just lower the xz compression level to 1, for example, using

compression-level = 1

in debian/source/options and it should be ok, or set `compression =
"gzip"` to select gzip which should be fast too (I guess xz -1 is nicer
though).

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  [Wishlist] dpkg-source supporting lz4 compression

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Hi! I'm trying to make a Rust application into a DEB package on
  Launchpad, and through having to bundle all the dependencies and
  everything into a single tarball (because builds don't have internet
  access), it's taken a VERY long time to complete, and I strongly think
  that having more compression options (like lz4, which my research and
  experience have told me is extremely fast), will be beneficial, not
  just to me, but many others as well.

  My research also told me that for a feature request, I just file a
  wishlist bug, so I hope this is the right way to do it! If it isn't,
  sorry for the trouble!

  ProblemType: Bug/Wishlist
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
  Package: dpkg-dev 1.21.21ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-1017.18-oracle 6.2.16
  Uname: Linux 6.2.0-1017-oracle aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CloudArchitecture: aarch64
  CloudBuildName: server
  CloudID: oracle
  CloudName: oracle
  CloudPlatform: oracle
  CloudSerial: 20220118
  CloudSubPlatform: metadata (http://169.254.169.254/opc/v2/)
  Date: Mon Nov 18 09:20:00 2024
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/fish
   TERM=xterm-256color
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-11-21 (362 days ago)

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