Move to xz dist tarballs

For consistency with the already xz'ed node tarball.

Rename the oddly named `dist-gzip` target to the standard `dist`.

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 *~
 *.retry
-*.tar.gz
+*.tar.xz
 *.rpm
 node_modules/
 dist/

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ifeq ($(TEST_OS),)
 TEST_OS = centos-8-stream
 endif
 export TEST_OS
-TARFILE=cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz
+TARFILE=cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.xz
 NODE_CACHE=cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-node-$(VERSION).tar.xz
 RPMFILE=$(shell rpmspec -D"VERSION $(VERSION)" -q cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME).spec.in).rpm
 VM_IMAGE=$(CURDIR)/test/images/$(TEST_OS)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ devel-install: $(WEBPACK_TEST)
 print-version:
 	@echo "$(VERSION)"
 
-dist-gzip: $(TARFILE)
+dist: $(TARFILE)
 	@ls -1 $(TARFILE)
 
 # when building a distribution tarball, call webpack with a 'production' environment
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ $(TARFILE): $(WEBPACK_TEST) cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME).spec
 	if type appstream-util >/dev/null 2>&1; then appstream-util validate-relax --nonet *.metainfo.xml; fi
 	touch -r package.json $(NODE_MODULES_TEST)
 	touch dist/*
-	tar czf cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz --transform 's,^,cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)/,' \
+	tar --xz -cf cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.xz --transform 's,^,cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)/,' \
 		--exclude cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME).spec.in --exclude node_modules \
 		$$(git ls-files) $(LIB_TEST) src/lib package-lock.json cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME).spec dist/
 
@@ -170,4 +170,4 @@ $(NODE_MODULES_TEST): package.json
 	env -u NODE_ENV npm install
 	env -u NODE_ENV npm prune
 
-.PHONY: all clean install devel-install print-version dist-gzip node-cache srpm rpm check vm update-po
+.PHONY: all clean install devel-install print-version dist node-cache srpm rpm check vm update-po

README.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ make
 
 `make install` compiles and installs the package in `/usr/share/cockpit/`. The
 convenience targets `srpm` and `rpm` build the source and binary rpms,
-respectively. Both of these make use of the `dist-gzip` target, which is used
+respectively. Both of these make use of the `dist` target, which is used
 to generate the distribution tarball. In `production` mode, source files are
 automatically minified and compressed. Set `NODE_ENV=production` if you want to
 duplicate this behavior.

cockpit-starter-kit.spec.in

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Cockpit Starter Kit Example Module
 License: LGPLv2+
 
-Source: cockpit-starter-kit-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source: cockpit-starter-kit-%{version}.tar.xz
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: make
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib

packit.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ actions:
     - make NODE_ENV=development NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=500
     # dummy LICENSE.txt, as terser did not run
     - touch dist/index.js.LICENSE.txt.gz
-    - make dist-gzip
+    - make dist
   # starter-kit.git has no release tags; your project can drop this once you have a release
   get-current-version: make print-version
 jobs: