On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 04:15, �var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 January 2004 19:16, �var Arnfj�r� Bjarmason wrote:
> > 
> >>This seems to be hardcoded at the moment, could a variable be added to
> >>make.conf, perhaps
> >>
> >>SYNC_COMPRESSION="yes/no" to control this behavior
> > 
> > 
> > i would say no ... i dont know of any reason why you would want to do that and 
> > it would increase the load on our rsync servers ...
> > -mike
> 
> Some mirrors (mine) specifically ask people not to use -z, gentoo users doing 
> so piss of the mirror admins which means gentoo wont be mirrored.
> 

Could you elaborate on why you ask users not to use -z? 

Is the load on your hardware too great when using -z?  

If that is the case then disable compression on the server like is done
with rsync1.us.gentoo.org (see http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml)

> I think thats a valid reson,
> Perhaps there could even be a SYNC_OPTIONS="" line where people could specify 
> all options in case they need other uses.
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