Re: Table and Index compression

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Pierre Frédéric Caillaud <lists(at)peufeu(dot)com>, "Sam Mason" <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
Subject: Re: Table and Index compression
Date: 2009-08-12 08:37:45
Message-ID: 200908121137.46097.peter_e@gmx.net
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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.

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