Re: Customer feedback WAS Re: Database backend -- Was: Remarks on mail

[Rob Walker]

>>>>> On Thu, 11 May 2000 12:39:02 -0700, Randolph Fritz
>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

Randolph> On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 07:38:16AM -0700, Rob Walker wrote:
>> 
>> yes, the size _has_ grown immensely, but I have just gotten back a
>> _feeling of control_, which is one of my personal reasons for using
>> Free software.  I can now also use RCS on my files in a way I can read
>> (vs. rcs on binary files, which is confusing for me to read).
>> 

Randolph> It's becoming customary to compress XML files, often with
Randolph> zlib, so I think size is not a major concern.  Of course,
Randolph> you'd have to decompress them to store them with RCS.


okay, this _is_ crazy, I know, but how about an zrcs, which would be
good enough to uncompress the files needed, do the rcs stuff, and
re-compress on the fly?

rob