On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 02:52:05PM -0700, Chris Murphy wrote: > Question and (pre)proposal: > Can Fedora converge on a single swap-on-ZRAM implementation, and if > so, which one? Fedora Workstation WG wants to move to swap-on-ZRAM by > default in Fedora 33, and the working group needs to pick something > soon. > > I think it should be zram-generator. It's the most lightweight, can be > included by default distro wide. Without a configuration file, it > doesn't run. Thus, each edition/spin, and even the install > environment, can have their own configuration file, to setup it up > however they want, or not set it up. Hi Chris, I agree with the general proposal of enabling zram by default in Workstation. From what we have seen so far, it helps in some cases, without making things worse. If if turns out that there are some unforeseen downsides, we can trivially back out. As to which implementation should be used: I think zram-generator is a solid choice, but I can't say much more than that: I simply don't know enough about the alternatives to make meaningful comparisons. > I also suspect it's the only one that could be upstreamed to systemd > proper, and just included like many other generators. It is "upstream" in the sense that it is under the same umbrella. There are no plans to move the code to the main repo, because it's in rust and currently combining meson which is used for systemd proper with rust and cargo is not very convenient. And the release schedule of systemd and zram-generator is fully independent, so there isn't any particular reason to want to merge them. (I have seen the RFEs you filed. Been too busy with devconf and travel to handle them, but they're on the todo list.) Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
