Reduce Gentoo compression watermark to 128 bytes

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/gemato/profile.py b/gemato/profile.py
index ae6e2c0..59ed3e0 100644
--- a/gemato/profile.py
+++ b/gemato/profile.py
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ class EbuildRepositoryProfile(DefaultProfile):
         if loader.sort is None:
             loader.sort = True
         if loader.compress_watermark is None:
-            # GLEP 61 suggested value
-            loader.compress_watermark = 32768
+            # 128 should be a safe value where gzip can actually
+            # gain anything without making things worse by overhead
+            loader.compress_watermark = 128
         if loader.compress_format is None:
             loader.compress_format = 'gz'
 
diff --git a/utils/gen_fast_manifest.py b/utils/gen_fast_manifest.py
index 8e4b244..319e89d 100755
--- a/utils/gen_fast_manifest.py
+++ b/utils/gen_fast_manifest.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def gen_manifest(top_dir):
     manifest_entries.sort()
 
     manifest_data = b'\n'.join(manifest_entries) + b'\n'
-    if len(manifest_data) > 4096 and not compat_mode:
+    if not compat_mode:
         with gzip.GzipFile(os.path.join(top_dir, 'Manifest.gz'), 'wb',
                            filename='', mtime=0) as f:
             f.write(manifest_data)