Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases
The devs are also considering enforcing signed commits in an attempt to prevent supply chain issues like the XZ backdoor.
Edit: note for downvotes: I understand some of you disagree with the need for a switch. However, are you downvoting the news itself (i.e. shooting the messenger?)
The article states reasons which aren’t limited to what happened. I understand and agree with your sentiment about the supply chain issue being something that could happen anywhere - those were my initial thoughts too.
The reasons for shifting are related to speed, other mainstream software already having made that switch years ago (pre incident), and unfortunately… More robustness in terms of maintainers.
Open source funding and resilience should be mainstream discussions. Open source verification and security reliability should be mainstream discussions: here’s a recent mastodon thread I found interesting:
https://ruby.social/@getajobmike/112202543680959859
However, people switching from x to z (I did see what you did there) is something that is going to happen considering the other factors listed in the article that I summarized above.
Well, if the choice to change from XZ to zstd is based on other technical features, my previous point is pointless
It’s always great to see better technology being implemented!