[PATCH] make dist: Create tar.xz with python3 and sign compressed tarballs

[Stefan Metzmacher]

Am 07.12.18 um 15:07 schrieb Andreas Schneider via samba-technical:
> Hi,
> 
> the attached patch will create tar.xz tarballs when waf is called with python3 
> and tar.gz with python2. python2 doesn't support xz tarballs.
> 
> Also the signature is created on the tar.xz file and not on the tar file.
> 
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 asn users  18M Dec  7 15:02 samba-4.10.0pre1-
> GIT-5b697db7560.tar.gz
> -rw-r--r--  1 asn users  833 Dec  7 15:02 samba-4.10.0pre1-
> GIT-5b697db7560.tar.gz.asc
> 
> -rw-r--r--  1 asn users  12M Dec  7 15:04 samba-4.10.0pre1-
> GIT-5b697db7560.tar.xz
> -rw-r--r--  1 asn users  833 Dec  7 15:04 samba-4.10.0pre1-
> GIT-5b697db7560.tar.xz.asc
> 
> As you can see, the tar.xz is 6MB smaller. I've used:
> 
> python3 buildtools/bin/waf dist --sign-release
> 
> 
> Please review and push if OK.

You also need to take care of script/release.sh

Is xz available on platforms like AIX?

Would it make sense to sign the compressed and uncompressed
tar archive?

metze