| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>, Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>, Dann Corbit <DCorbit(at)connx(dot)com>, Stanislav Lacko <lacko(at)spacesystems(dot)sk>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Is a plan for lmza commpression in pg_dump |
| Date: | 2009-02-08 02:12:31 |
| Message-ID: | 200902080212.n182CVJ05916@momjian.us |
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Robert Haas wrote:
> > have seen nothing like that for 10 years and I doubt I will see
> > something the next 5. I am thinking
>
> I am doubtful too.
>
> > we need to add this to the
> > "Features we do not want" section of our todo list.
>
> "Proprietary compression algorithms, even with Postgresql-specific
> license exceptions"?
Yep. Does it make sense to make our license more complex to get 1%
percent better compression in certain cases? Probably not. Also
consider the code maintenance, patents, larger tarball, bugs, etc.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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