* Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2006-08-12 14:12:47]:
> I think we should try to compress (gzip) all inserted files unless > explicitly asked not to via DontCompress, and that the insert form > should default to dontcompress=false. My justification for this is > simply that: > - If we set the default to DontCompress=true, we will have to maintain a > registry of uncompressible mime types, because some data is > really compressible, and that data will be radically smaller (and > therefore faster) to insert. > - Even for AVIs, for example, gzip will usually squeeze out an extra 1% > or so. 1% of 700MB is 7MB. Inserting an extra 7MB will probably take > longer than the time it takes to gzip 700MB. I'm in favor of compressing by default too. Maybe we can add a configuration setting for people not happy with the default. NextGen$ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/attachments/20060812/7dc56ddd/attachment.pgp>
