Bug#299333: rzip: What does compression level 0 do?

2005-03-13 Thread Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
On 03/13/05 16:26, Alec Berryman wrote: > may I close it? Yes. Thanks, Kingsley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#299333: rzip: What does compression level 0 do?

2005-03-13 Thread Alec Berryman
Kingsley G. Morse Jr. on 2005-03-13 09:36:37 -0800: > Package: rzip > Version: 2.0-2 > Severity: minor > Tags: sid > What does compression level 0 do? > > Does compression level 0 skip the bzip2 stage? As I read the code (look for struct level in rzip.c), level 0 skips bzip2 compression and u

Bug#299333: rzip: What does compression level 0 do?

2005-03-13 Thread Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
Package: rzip Version: 2.0-2 Severity: minor Tags: sid I'm happy to report that my testing found that compression level 0 is about ten times as fast as the rest. Compression level 0 was even five times faster than gzip. rzip's second stage uses bzip2, which uses compression levels from 1 to 9.