PATCH: Compress debug sections for Linux/x86 by default

[Joel Brobecker]

> I checked in this patch to compress debug sections for Linux/x86 by
> default.

Has this been discussed before, or is this something obviously
part of a general direction that was agreed on?

Are things still going to work if GDB is configured without zlib,
or instance?

This is also the type of change that I think is worthy of a NEWS
entry, IMO.

-- 
Joel