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Do Linux distributions use a dictionary with their package manager? Since their packages are typically zstd compressed, every distro (version) release could hav
by chronogram 3y ago
Do Linux distributions use a dictionary with their package manager? Since their packages are typically zstd compressed, every distro (version) release could have its own accompanying dictionary.
- vlovich123 3y agoDictionaries only help with really tiny files. > Typical gains range ~10% (at 64KB) to x5 better (at <1KB). https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/zstd/zstd-1.1.0.php https://www.manpagez.com/man/1/zstd/zstd-1.1.0.php Files distributed by distros are unlikely to have many packages < 64kib so the advantages of a dictionary rapidly diminish on this use-case.