Re: Table and Index compression - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tuesday 11 August 2009 13:05:39 Pierre Frédéric Caillaud wrote:
>     Well, here is the patch. I've included a README, which I paste here.
>     If someone wants to play with it (after the CommitFest...) feel free to
> do so.
>     While it was an interesting thing to try, I don't think it has enough
> potential to justify more effort...
>
>
> * How to test
>
> - apply the patch
> - copy minilzo.c and minilzo.h to
> src/backend/storage/smgr

For future reference, and since this keeps appearing every few months: The
license of LZO is not acceptable for inclusion or use with PostgreSQL.  You
need to find a different library if you want to pursue this further.