[arch-general] Zstandard for local user build packages - Was: [arch-announce] Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression

[Geo Kozey]

> ----------------------------------------
> From: Morten Linderud via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> Sent: Sat Jan 04 23:46:26 CET 2020
> To: <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> Cc: Morten Linderud <foxboron at archlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Zstandard for local user build packages - Was: [arch-announce] Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression
> 
> This is a devtools change, the `makepkg.conf` supplied with pacman hasn't
> changed. If you want zstd on your local builds, change the `PKGEXT` as explained
> in the makepkg.conf manpage.
> 

May I ask why it wasn't changed for makepkg.conf? It seems inconsistent.

Yours sincerely

G. K.