| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] lztext and compression ratios... |
| Date: | 2000-07-08 01:54:54 |
| Message-ID: | 200007080154.VAA17226@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> If we do go with using zlib instead of homegrown code, I would recommend
> building and statically linking to our own copy even if there is a copy
> available on the system. This will prevent cross-version compatibility
> problems as well as where'd-my-library-go syndrome. We cannot afford
> those sorts of risks for something that could prevent us from reading
> our database.
I don't know much about zlib, but it is hard to imagine it would have
the flexibility and optimization tuning of Jan's code.
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