From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DFEB158041 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:23:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9583DE2A19; Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:23:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx0.riseup.net (mx0.riseup.net [198.252.153.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3BEEE2A0D for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fews01-sea.riseup.net (fews01-sea-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.109]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx0.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4V6LdK5c0rz9shj for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:23:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1711812197; bh=+oiEet4up9SzT4Hqiyg9tyjZoHQBGEwZWkTq/A/jA9s=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=LcwUZSc51WHwPfNGdo7LAIRNXpnHH9VAvSWT5DEXCYsai2083/9X2yIOZhZgkGx/Y 9Xydj6govxe+idHeDJV81cnDFCrmc8CmyjkmAWOLf63ZfBkt/jm/64oZ0Utt5FDaSv oNmPycXdx9HsDTqLwQSCqDh66b7LZMWQ/HE+uNF0= X-Riseup-User-ID: 1DB1723AEEF7BF063E4D778E924CB07829D7443E21C4694F318745E103CEC25E Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews01-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4V6LdK47C6zJrWj for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 08:23:00 -0700 From: orbea To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Current unavoidable use of xz utils in Gentoo Message-ID: <20240330082300.33a94b6f@Akita> In-Reply-To: References: <20240329204315.3b29449b@Akita> <1671d927-55d5-6f01-2b54-b33981406945@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4533ec5f-cec3-4175-8744-43e0dd72e091 X-Archives-Hash: ce6993dbc6350852ee07f890c603965c On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:02:25 +0100 Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > On Sat, 2024-03-30 at 14:57 +0000, Eddie Chapman wrote: > > Note, I'm not advocating ripping xz-utils out of tree, all I'm > > saying is wouldn't it be nice if there were at least 2 alternatives > > to choose from? That doesn't have to be disruptive in any way, > > people who wish to continue using and trusting xz-utils should be > > able to continue to do so without any friction whatsoever. =20 >=20 > So, you're basically saying we should go out of our way, recompress > all distfiles using two alternative compression formats, increase > mirror load four times and add a lot of complexity to ebuilds, right? >=20 How would Gentoo even recompress all .xz distfiles if xz-utils is not even in the repo? And this will certainly be a reoccurring theme...