Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? I do not believe so, I use SourceLib in python to do some simple querying, and in the source for that there is a note/comment about how there is support for bzip2 compressed packets - but the author (at the time of writing) has never found anyone using this, and so has just left it out.
bzip2 is still used to compress maps and other resources, but as far as I have seen, I can't say I've heard of anyone compressing the actual packets - as is documented possible. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Josh Stratton <[email protected]>wrote: > bzip2 is still being used. 7zip doesn't have great comparability with Ruby > to my knowledge but I've been using it for years for compressing. Open > source and it works better than the previous programs I've used. > > On Monday, July 8, 2013, Sebastian Staudt wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Some of you might know that I'm the author of the Steam Condenser > library ( > > http://koraktor.de/steam-condenser) which is available for Ruby, Java > and > > PHP. > > > > Currently I'm in need to find a new bzip2 compression library for Ruby, > > because the current one (bzip2-ruby) is not compatible with Ruby 2.0 yet. > > Although I started working on an alternative implementation (rbzip2) > > myself, I have one simple question at the moment: > > > > Is bzip2 still used to compress server responses to queries? > > > > I recently tried to query random Source servers from the master server, > but > > not a single one replied with compressed data. > > > > So before I put more effort into this, I'd like to now if this is still > > needed or if this feature can be deprecated safely. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Sebastian > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- - Gordon Reynolds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
