Re: libpq compression - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: libpq compression
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Msg-id CAHyXU0wQeXf7WPw+eydh38anoFnX3O7hkFd8wBVii2GSKs1ZVw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: libpq compression  (Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com>)
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com> wrote:
> It doesn't sound like there is a lot of support for this idea, but I
> think it would be nice to get something like lz4
> (http://code.google.com/p/lz4/) or snappy
> (http://code.google.com/p/snappy/) support. Both are BSD-ish licensed.
> It could be useful for streaming replication as well. A hook (as Euler
> mentioned) might be a nice compromise.

There is a lot of support for the idea: it's one of the more requested
features.  I think a well thought out framework that bypassed the
dependency issues via plugging might get some serious traction.
Emphasis 'on well thought out' :-).

merlin


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