Details
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Type:
Task
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Status: Done
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Priority:
Low
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: Client integrated with Yocto, 2.0.0
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Labels:
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Backlog:yes
Description
Right now we use gz but xz has significantly lower file size AND much faster decompression.
Furthermore, Google has a new compression format called Brotli which could also be a good candidate.
Acceptance criteria
- Propose alternatives to gz and measure their performance tradeoffs in various configuration
- Key criteria: File size of a rootfs of about 500 MB and decompression resource use (including time)
- Implement alternative as replacement for gz