Derek Price wrote: > >On the other hand, it would be nice if there were a way to specify a > >default compression level or range of levels (both for the server and > >the client) that could be used in the absence of any explicit > >specification by the user. Of course, reconciling conflicting defaults > >could be an interesting challenge. > > To some extent this would be happening with my proposed change. A > client that had requested -z9 on a fast machine would always compress > their data at level 9, but the server would only compress its data at > whatever maximum level had been set, limiting the load on its CPU. > > Similarly for a client -z3 and a server with a min level of 9. The > client would compress at 3 and the server at 9, saving most the > bandwidth and not bombing the client CPU.
Hey Larry, Can I assume that no comment for almost two weeks means you have no further objections to this patch going into feature? Cheers, Derek _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs