Yes.. we do have a gzip/libz based page compression in our version of 3.0.55.
Sleepycat did not accept the patch, but has since reimplemented something functionaly similar in the 4.x series. Because of time & License issues it is very unlikely we'll be moving away from BDB 3.0.55 anytime soon. HtDig is now LGPL. Sleepycat gave us a license exception allowing it's use in an LGPLed project, but it is version locked to 3.0.55 and use only with HtDig software. We may be able to move to a 4.x series when BDB issues 5.x versions.... this makes it easier to ask them to allow us to distribute their software (which normally has a GPL-like license) along with slightly more liberal LGPL licensed code. Thanks! On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Lachlan Andrew wrote: > Greetings Robert, > > Thanks for your input. > > The optimisation of libdb3 is that we allow on-the-fly compression > of pages. I believe the original author of this patch (Loic, who has > since left the team) offered the patches to the Berkeley DB project > but they weren't interested. (They have a point. This patch has > caused lots of headaches in the past, mostly fixed by Neal. I think > it may be responsible for some current flakyness under cygwin.) I > agree it would be great if they adopted the patches. Feel free to > apply pressure to them :) If you do, let us know so we can approach > them at the same time. > > Regarding the man pages, would you like to contribute the Debian > pages to our code base, for us to maintain? (Better still, would you > like to contribute them, and join the ht://Dig team as the "man pages > maintainer" to keep reminding us to document our features?) > > Thanks again for the suggestions, > Lachlan > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:32, Robert Ribnitz wrote: > > -libdb3 (the Berkeley DB) is included, rather than linked against. > > This 'inflates' the package. I have also no idea yet, where the > > optimisations against the original lie and if there are any, why > > they have not been fed back towards the authors. Is there a reason > > why you cannot simply require libdb3 the same way you require the > > zlib compression? > > > > - Manpages for the individual programs are mostly missing, so I > > need to create them and hold them up to date. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ht://Dig developer DownUnder (http://www.htdig.org) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > ht://Dig Developer mailing list: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-dev > Neal Richter Knowledgebase Developer RightNow Technologies, Inc. Customer Service for Every Web Site Office: 406-522-1485 ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ ht://Dig Developer mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-dev
