Bug#1023305: ITP: zst -- CLI tool for zstd (and other) compression
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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