Mozilla, wacce aka fi sani da mai binciken gidan yanar gizonta, ta sanar da wasu muhimman canje-canje ga yadda take rarraba software na Linux. Daga yanzu, versions na Firefox don Linux za a tattara su a cikin tsarin .tar.xz, barin baya tsohon .tar.bz2. Wannan shawarar tana amsa buƙatar bayarwa ƙananan abubuwan saukewa da lokutan shigarwa da sauri, inganta ƙwarewar mai amfani da rage farashin aiki.
Me yasa Firefox ke canzawa daga tar.bz2 zuwa tar.xz?
Tsarin .tar.xz yana amfani da algorithm matsawa LZMA, da aka sani ya zama mafi inganci. Wannan yana fassara zuwa ajiyar har zuwa 25% a cikin girman fakitin da za a iya saukewa da kuma a har zuwa sau biyu a matsayin ragewa da sauri idan aka kwatanta da Bzip2. Ko da yake an ƙididdige hanyoyin kamar Zstandard (.zst), tar.xz an zaɓi shi saboda mafi girman dacewarsa tare da rarrabawar Linux na yanzu.
An yi la'akari da wannan canjin shekaru da yawa, amma ba fifiko ba ne saboda yawancin masu amfani suna samun Firefox ta ma'ajiyar rarraba su. Koyaya, wannan sauyi yana inganta haɓaka aikin hukuma ga waɗanda suka fi son amfani da binary Firefox, waɗanda za'a iya samu daga gidan yanar gizon su kuma FTP uwar garke.
Fa'idodi ga masu amfani da masu haɓakawa
Shawarar Mozilla ba kawai tana amfanar masu amfani da ƙarshen ba, har ma masu haɓakawa da masu gudanar da tsarin. fakitin tar.xz sun fi sauƙi, wanda ke rage bandwidth da amfani da ajiya don duka masu amfani da sabobin Mozilla. Wannan kuma yana rage farashin da ke da alaƙa da rarrabawa ta CDN ɗin ku.
Ga masu haɓakawa da masu gudanarwa waɗanda ke sarrafa abubuwan zazzagewar fakiti, Mozilla ta yi gargaɗin hakan Za su buƙaci sabunta rubutun su da kayan aikin su don sarrafa sabon tsarin. Duk da haka, wannan gyare-gyare zai zama mai sauƙi, tun da yake ba zai shafi aikin ciki na mai bincike ba.
Kasancewa da matakai na gaba
A yanzu, kawai nau'ikan Firefox na Linux na dare kawai suna samuwa a cikin tar.xz. Koyaya, Mozilla tana shirin ƙaddamar da wannan canjin zuwa duk tashoshin rarraba ta, gami da Beta, Stable (a halin yanzu v133) da kuma ESR (Sakin Taimakon Ƙarfafa). Wannan yana nufin cewa, a cikin watanni masu zuwa, duk masu amfani za su iya cin gajiyar wannan haɓakawa.
Ga waɗanda suka riga sun shigar da sigar mai binciken, canjin zai kasance a bayyane, tunda updates za a yi ta atomatik. Koyaya, waɗanda suke zazzage gini daban-daban da hannu don gwaji ko haɓakawa za su ji daɗin zazzagewa cikin sauri da inganci.
Wannan canjin yana nuna himmar Mozilla inganta kwarewar masu amfani da ku kuma ci gaba da Firefox a matsayin mai gasa mai bincike a cikin mahallin Linux. Kodayake yana kama da ƙaramin daki-daki, a zahiri yana da tasiri mai mahimmanci akan sauri, inganci da dorewa ga duka masu amfani da ƙungiyar Mozilla kanta.