Bug#1023305: ITP: zst -- CLI tool for zstd (and other) compression
Name "zst" for a tool that supports multiple compression formats
is ambiguous. If we could use special characters (of course we
cannot), I think "*z" (wildcard z) will do.
On Wed, 2022-11-02 at 02:38 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>
> * Package name : zst
> Version : not released yet
> Upstream Author : yours truly
> * URL : https://github.com/kilobyte/zst
> Programming Lang: C
> Description : CLI tool for zstd (and other) compression
>
> This is an alternate tool for zstd compression, one that takes a lot
> less space than the official one. It also behaves in a way
> consistent
> with other Unix compressors: the level goes only up to 9, the
> original
> copy of the file is not kept, etc.
> .
> The executable can also replace gzip xz bzip2.
>
>
> A bunch of features are not yet ready, but I'm filing this ITP now
> that
> the core functionality is already working but there's still time for
> design changes. Stuff that's aimed for important/Essential needs to
> be discussed well...
>
> Existing compressors:
> | tool | lib
> ------+------+-----
> gzip | Ess | Ess
> bzip2 | std | Ess (but it'd be nice to remove it)
> xz | std | Ess
> zstd | opt | Ess
> lz4 | opt | libsystemd0 but not libelogind0
>
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