New zip compression techniques (#108)

Author: sdarwin

.github/workflows/boost_release.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
-            container: cppalliance/boost_superproject_build:24.04-v3
+            container: cppalliance/boost_superproject_build:24.04-v4
             packages: htop
             # - os: ubuntu-latest
             #   container: cppalliance/boost_superproject_build:22.04-v1

ci_boost_release.py

@@ -703,9 +703,10 @@ def command_build(self):
             packages.append(
                 parallel_call(
                     "tar",
+                    "--use-compress-program=pigz",
                     "--exclude=ci_boost_common.py",
                     "--exclude=ci_boost_release.py",
-                    "-zcf",
+                    "-cf",
                     "%s%s.tar.gz" % (self.boost_release_name, self.archive_tag),
                     self.boost_release_name,
                 )
@@ -716,9 +717,10 @@ def command_build(self):
             packages.append(
                 parallel_call(
                     "tar",
+                    "--use-compress-program=lbzip2",
                     "--exclude=ci_boost_common.py",
                     "--exclude=ci_boost_release.py",
-                    "-jcf",
+                    "-cf",
                     "%s%s.tar.bz2" % (self.boost_release_name, self.archive_tag),
                     self.boost_release_name,
                 )
@@ -751,7 +753,7 @@ def command_build(self):
                     "a",
                     "-bd",
                     "-mx=7",
-                    "-mmt2",
+                    "-mmt8",
                     "-ms=on",
                     "-x!" + self.boost_release_name + "/ci_boost_common.py",
                     "-x!" + self.boost_release_name + "/ci_boost_release.py",