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configs/releng/profiledef.sh: use zstd compression for bootstrap image

nl6720 requested to merge nl6720/archiso:releng_bootstrap_zstd into master

The zstd tool has now been around for a while, so the availability of it should not be a concern anymore.

Unlike gzip which was used until now, zstd offers higher compression while still being faster (and multi-threaded). The --auto-threads=logical option is used just so that there is some difference between the releng and baseline profiles.

Everyone using the official Arch Linux bootstrap tarball (previously archlinux-bootstrap-YYYY.MM.DD-x86_64.tar.gz or archlinux-bootstrap-x86_64.tar.gz) will need to update their scripts and etc. to use archlinux-bootstrap-YYYY.MM.DD-x86_64.tar.zst or archlinux-bootstrap-x86_64.tar.zst instead.

Implements #130 (closed)

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