[PATCH] src-release.sh: Support zstd compression

[Sam James]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> Hi Mark, Hi Sam,
>
Hi Nick,

>   I approve the patch from the binutils point of view.  So if
>   the GDB folks do not object then please apply.
>
>>>> Is the goal to add .zst to https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/ ? :)
>
>   That was not Mark's goal. But if/when his patch goes in I will
>   definitely be updating the binutils release process[1] to make
>   use of it.
>
>>>> Perhaps for newer releases, .gz and .bz2 can be dropped. They are too
>>>> large and obsolete by zstd...
>
>   I would like to do that.  (But definitely keep .xz releases).
>
>   Does anyone know if this will cause problems ?  I guess if people
>   do complain I can always add them back to the release website.

This plan sounds good to me - although I'd suggest we wait a bit before
dropping gzip/bzip2 in case anyone complains.

(i.e. do it in a followup)

>
> Cheers
>   Nick
>
> [1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release;hb=HEAD

thanks,
sam