allow configuring compression settings #909

Job	Run time
Build in containers (almalinux, 9)	8m 46s
Build in containers (almalinux, 8)	7m 24s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.20, -lts)	2m 59s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.20, -virt)	1m 41s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.19, -lts)	3m 5s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.19, -virt)	1m 47s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.18, -lts)	3m 36s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.18, -virt)	1m 34s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.17, -lts)	2m 53s
Build in containers (alpine, 3.17, -virt)	1m 32s
Build in containers (archlinux, latest)	2m 47s
Build in containers (archlinux, latest, -lts)	2m 57s
Build in containers (archlinux, latest, -zen)	2m 52s
Build in containers (centos/centos, stream9, quay.io/)	9m 11s
Build in containers (debian, testing)	3m 42s
Build in containers (debian, 12)	1m 56s
Build in containers (fedora/fedora, rawhide, quay.io/)	4m 45s
Build in containers (fedora/fedora, 41, quay.io/)	4m 44s
Build in containers (fedora/fedora, 40, quay.io/)	6m 11s
Build in containers (fedora/fedora, 39, quay.io/)	6m 40s
Build in containers (gentoo/stage3, latest)	4m 42s
Build in containers (opensuse/tumbleweed, latest, -default, registry.opensuse.org/)	3m 20s
Build in containers (opensuse/leap, 15.5, -default, registry.opensuse.org/)	3m 20s
Build in containers (opensuse/leap, 15.6, -default, registry.opensuse.org/)	2m 47s
Build in containers (ubuntu, 24.10)	2m 34s
Build in containers (ubuntu, 24.04)	2m 37s
Build in containers (ubuntu, 22.04)	2m 37s
Build in containers (ubuntu, 20.04)	3m 36s
	1h 46m 35s

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