Replace lrzip with zstd
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whateverable
- Dominant language
- Raku
- Stars
- 19
- Forks
- 16
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Description
See https://github.com/Raku/whateverable/issues/23#issuecomment-670971601 for some context. When lrzip was introduced, zstd did not have a long-range mode, so lrzip was the only choice to achieve what we needed. Today the situation is different, and we can use zstd for everything.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked issue comment for context, then search the repository for all lrzip usage and identify the relevant entry points. Done means lrzip is no longer used and zstd handles the same compression workflow without losing the behavior described in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100