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Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support

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On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 21:36 +0200, Norbert Lange wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 29. April 2020 schrieb Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>:
> 
> > On Tue, 2020-04-28 at 04:43 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:05:22 +0200 Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > Package: initramfs-tools-core
> > > > Version: 0.136
> > > > Severity: wishlist
> > > > Tags: patch
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > there are Kernelpatches for zstandard initramfs support
> > > > available for several years, and will hopefully accepted
> > > > upstream soon.
> > > 
> > > If the kernel doesn't yet support it, I'm not sure what the point of
> > > supporting it in initramfs-tools is.
> > [...]
> > 
> > I see that the kernel support for this has been submitted recently,
> > though it's not clear which maintainer is being asked to apply the
> > patches.
> 
> It's been submitted multiple times over the years, I don't know the lkml
> workings, and apparently the author of these changes is missing some detail
> too.
> 
> Could you kindky point to what's missing? Sending the pull request directly
> (not cc) to a maintainer?
[...]

There doesn't seem to be a nominated maintainer for lib/decompress*.c,
but Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> has signed-off most of
the changes there in the past few years.

So I would suggest bringing the kernel patch series to his attention. 
(He only works with patches, not pull requests.)

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

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Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com> - 2020-04-01 09:10 +0200
  Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2020-04-01 12:50 +0200
    Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2020-07-31 17:00 +0200
      Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com> - 2020-08-01 00:40 +0200
        Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2020-08-01 14:30 +0200
          Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2020-08-04 09:40 +0200
  Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-04-28 05:50 +0200
    Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-04-29 19:00 +0200
      Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Norbert Lange <nolange79@gmail.com> - 2020-04-29 21:40 +0200
        Bug#955469: initramfs-tools-core: Enable zstandard support Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-05-16 02:00 +0200
  Bug#955469: marked as done (initramfs-tools-core: Enable  zstandard support) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-09-11 22:40 +0200

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