#1143270 RFA: zchunk -- compress a file into independent chunks

#1143270#5
Date:
2026-08-01 19:39:30 UTC
From:
To:
I request an adopter for the zchunk package.

It seems that over the years I have taken over maintenance for
too many packages and I cannot really give all of them the care
that they deserve. Thus, I request an adopter for the libzstd package.

The package is currently under the maintenance of the Debian RPM
packaging team; it might be best if it remained there, since there are
a couple of other RPM-ecosystem-related packages that depend on
the zck library.

The package description is:
 zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent
 chunks. This allows one to only download changed chunks when
 downloading a new version of the file, and also makes zchunk files
 efficient over rsync.
 .
 zchunk files are protected with strong checksums to verify that the file
 downloaded is, in fact, the file desired.

#1143270#12
Date:
2026-08-14 09:40:40 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

I intend to adopt zchunk while keeping it under the maintenance of the
Debian RPM packaging team.

I have reviewed the current Debian version, 1.5.3+ds1-1, and I am
coordinating the team workflow and sponsorship of the first upload with
Peter Pentchev and the RPM packaging team.

Regards,
Federico Molara <federico@molara.net>

#1143270#21
Date:
2026-08-24 15:44:49 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
zchunk, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1143270@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Peter Pentchev <roam@debian.org> (supplier of updated zchunk package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:21:32 +0300
Source: zchunk
Architecture: source
Version: 1.5.3+ds1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: RPM packaging team <team+pkg-rpm@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Peter Pentchev <roam@debian.org>
Closes: 1143270
Changes:
 zchunk (1.5.3+ds1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Peter Pentchev ]
   * Team upload.
 .
   [ Federico Molara ]
   * Adopt the package within the RPM packaging team and update Uploaders.
     Closes: #1143270
   * Correct the development package name in the libzck1 symbols metadata.
   * Add my Debian packaging copyright notice.
Checksums-Sha1:
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 9eda894500a1b4e5042d930c4e0777c282b45541 13636 zchunk_1.5.3+ds1-2.debian.tar.xz
Checksums-Sha256:
 9046756af4a7e52a9e96062cdd26c3cf6b6793c0d6ae6349361fe3bd26576615 2423 zchunk_1.5.3+ds1-2.dsc
 3b320fa60d6b32ce0691ebc7e440277a36459a15f5259834b74c2b9497e93c89 13636 zchunk_1.5.3+ds1-2.debian.tar.xz
Files:
 61998071b33744d534f4f3e8e8a1735e 2423 utils optional zchunk_1.5.3+ds1-2.dsc
 18e860cbb9762b5c67f5a31e28b73570 13636 utils optional zchunk_1.5.3+ds1-2.debian.tar.xz
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