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| author | Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com> | 2011-07-12 09:08:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com> | 2011-07-12 09:08:57 +0100 |
| commit | 0dcf3caac0d8a710d26d7cb042a4f5bd46af288d (patch) | |
| tree | d35889e0d5ef10cc61201fc802761cf31fe7a15f /Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | |
| parent | 4000c4db548709df1a7c23190f040b9f654e0aad (diff) | |
| download | perl-0dcf3caac0d8a710d26d7cb042a4f5bd46af288d.tar.gz | |
Make Porting/makerel create smaller archives with 7z and advdef
It automatically will use these to create archives ~5% smaller,
otherwise falls back to gzip and bzip2.
Also, document in Porting/release_managers_guide.pod.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 24 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index eb84850a98..6c5f6a3ba4 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -586,6 +586,16 @@ and you'll need to use a new version number for your release. =head3 build the tarball +Before you run the following, you might want to install 7-Zip (the +C<p7-full> package under Debian or the C<p7zip> port on MacPorts) or +the AdvanceCOMP suite (e.g. the C<advancecomp> package under Debian, +or the C<advancecomp> port on macports - 7-Zip on Windows is the +same code as AdvanceCOMP, so Windows users get the smallest files +first time). These compress about 5% smaller than gzip and bzip2. +Over the lifetime of your distribution this will save a lot of +people a small amount of download time and disk space, which adds +up. + Create a tarball. Use the C<-s> option to specify a suitable suffix for the tarball and directory name: @@ -610,20 +620,6 @@ your changes were all committed, you can override the suffix with: XXX if we go for extra tags and branches stuff, then add the extra details here -Optionally, you might want to compress your tarball more. Unix F<gzip> -doesn't actually produce the smallest possible DEFLATE output. If you have the -AdvanceCOMP suite (e.g. the C<advancecomp> port on macports), you can run - - $ advdef -z -4 ../perl-x.y.z-RC1.tar.gz - -which will probably shrink your tarball by about 5%. Over the lifetime of -your distribution this will save a lot of people a small amount of download -time and disk space, which adds up. - -(7-Zip on Windows is the same code as AdvanceCOMP, so Windows users get the -smallest files first time) - - Finally, clean up the temporary directory, e.g. $ rm -rf ../perl-x.y.z-RC1 |