[debhelper-devel] Bug#870201: Use better compression for udebs?

[Niels Thykier]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:44:30 +0300 Adrian Bunk <bunk at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 10.2.5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Following up on an observation I made in #868674:
> 
> udebs are currently compressed with "xz -1 -extreme",
> while normal packages are compressed with "xz -6".
> 
> "xz -1" requires 2 MiB memory for decompression and
> "xz -6" requires 9 MiB memory for decompression.
> 
> Is there any situation left where these 7 MiB difference still matter?
> 
> Is there is no situation left where 9 MiB memory usage for
> decompression are a problem, then "xz -6 -extreme" would
> be a better choice.
> 
> 

I think this is a question better asked in debian-boot.  :)

Thanks,
~Niels