On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:11:43 +0200 (CEST) Vincent Torri <[email protected]> said:
> >>>> while looking at the doc of UPX, i've found that lossless > >>>> (de)compression library: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/ > >>>> > >>>> which says to compress better and to be faster decompression than > >>>> zlib. > >>>> > >>>> There is no comparison numbers, but maybe it is worth trying to > >>>> compare zlib and that lib to see if it would be better to use it in > >>>> eet. > >>> > >>> There are other contenders, generally more modern compression schemes > >>> that are generally ignored coz things like zip, gz, and bz2 are > >>> too firmly embedded in our conciousness. Too much historical inertia > >>> is not good. > >>> > >>> So, if this is to be done, a more thorough roundup of them all would be > >>> the way to go. > >> > >> Maybe it's not so good for us: that library is GPL. If I'm not mistaken, > >> that would mean that eet must be GPL too, right ? > >> > >> Vincent > >> > > > > Yes, this is under a GPLv2+ license with additional commercial > > licensing, so I don't see any chance to use it in any non-GPL or > > non-commercial application - except calling the binary directly > > without including any sourcecode itself. > > > > But there are alternatives: The best one is most likely XZ (the > > successor of lzma) which usually compresses at a 2-digit percentage > > better compared to gzip at the cost of slightly more computing time to > > decompress and a lot more to compress (still better than bzip2 in any > > case). > > It's available under LGPL so, there should be no problems with the license. > > http://tukaani.org/xz/ > > gzip also consumes few memory when decompressing, which is good for > embedded devices. So comparison must be made on speed and memory > consumption. also zlib is already on and available for many many many systems... :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
