Wasn't that LZMA compression (not BZip2) for the regular client <----> server packets?
On 10/07/2013, at 12:31 AM, ics <[email protected]> wrote: > There was some talk about compression during mid may here on the list, either > this one or the windows one. It was related to lag spikes servers had. Valve > uses compression for the gameserver traffic so i'd figure also other traffic > is compressed. There was no mention of the compression though, but was some > talk about rewriting it or something. Check out the archive if you can. > > -ics > > Sebastian Staudt kirjoitti: >> @Josh: I think you didn't read my entire mail. :) >> >> @Gordon: Thanks for the additional input. >> >> Nevertheless, I'd love to see some official resource that clarifies if >> bzip2 support is still required for querying Source servers. >> >> >> 2013/7/9 Gordon Reynolds <[email protected]> >> >>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
