Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...
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Msg-id 200007071602.MAA26710@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> eisentrp@csis.gvsu.edu writes:
> > Maybe you just want to use zlib. Let other guys hammer out the details.
> 
> I've been wondering about that myself.  Jan, have you actually
> benchmarked decompression speed on this method vs. stock zlib?
> Unless the differential is huge we might want to just skip the
> patent worries.

If we found later that there was a patent problem, could we just issue a
new release with a new compression algorithm?

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