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[PATCH 0/5] Compress man pages using zstd |
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Thu, 4 Jan 2024 10:16:41 -0500 |
This series changes the compressor of our man pages from gzip to zstd, which
decompresses much faster, and compresses better at the chosen level (19).
Maxim Cournoyer (5):
utils: Lower xz compression memory usage limit to 20%.
compression: Enable zstd parallel compression.
packages: Repack patched source archives via zstd by default.
build: gnu-build-system: Compress man pages with zstd.
man-db: Add support for zstd compressed man pages.
gnu/compression.scm | 3 +-
gnu/packages/commencement.scm | 3 +-
guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
guix/build/utils.scm | 3 +-
guix/man-db.scm | 45 ++++++++++++++++-----
guix/packages.scm | 51 +++++++++++++----------
guix/profiles.scm | 8 +++-
7 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
base-commit: 784a7e8da6456e6388e2bfc213e93e252eb2be40
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2.41.0
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Re: bug#68242: [core-updates] Compress man pages using zstd |
Date: |
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:31:54 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Hi!
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> * guix/man-db.scm (<mandb-entry>): Adjust comment.
>> (abbreviate-file-name): Adjust regexp.
>> (gz-compressed?, zstd-compressed?): New predicates.
>> (entry->string): Use them.
>> (man-page->entry): Adjust doc. Use input port reader appropriate to the
>> compression type, if any.
>> (man-files): Adjust regexp.
>> (mandb-entries): Adjust link resolving predicate.
>> * guix/profiles.scm (manual-database): Add guile-zlib extension.
>>
>> Change-Id: I6336e46e2d324c520a7d15d6cafd12bbf43c5b09
>
> [...]
>
>> (define-module (guix man-db)
>> #:use-module (zlib)
>> + #:use-module (zstd)
>
> Maybe #:autoload both modules for good measure.
Done.
> Otherwise LGTM, thanks!
Excellent, I've pushed the series.
Closing!
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Thanks,
Maxim
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