I'm pretty sure update-manager doesn't do any gzipping of the log files. DistUpgradeApport.py calls /usr/share/apport/package_hook and neither of these gz the attachments. So the first idea sounds best to me.
I'm pretty sure update-manager doesn't do any gzipping of the log files. DistUpgradeAppo rt.py calls /usr/share/ apport/ package_ hook and neither of these gz the attachments. So the first idea sounds best to me.