Re: [HACKERS] compression in LO and other fields

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Jan Wieck <wieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: Karel Zak - Zakkr <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] compression in LO and other fields
Date: 1999-11-12 14:49:31
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.10.9911121047360.2296-100000@thelab.hub.org
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Jan Wieck wrote:

> I don't know if there's a compression library available that
> fit's our need. First and most important it must have a
> license that permits us to include it in the distribution
> under our existing license. Second it's implementation must
> not cause any problems in the backend like memory leakage or
> the like.

Is this something that could be a configure option? Put the stubs in
place, and if someone wants to enable that feature, they can install the
compression library first and run with it?

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org

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