RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --enable-cargo-native-static"
RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --set rust.codegen-units-std=1"
+# Only produce xz tarballs on CI. gz tarballs will be generated by the release
+# process by recompressing the existing xz ones. This decreases the storage
+# space required for CI artifacts.
+RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --dist-compression-formats=xz"
+
if [ "$DIST_SRC" = "" ]; then
RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --disable-dist-src"
fi