Re: [hobbit] client data compression

["Josh Luthman" <josh (at) imaginenetworksllc.com>]

Oh, didn't think about it requiring a new binary.   Not interested it
that for my purposes if that is the case.

Thanks a bunch for clearing that up!

On 12/16/08, Henrik Størner <henrik (at) hswn.dk> wrote:
> In <494828C5.4070104 (at) websitemanagers.com.au> Adam Goryachev
> <mailinglists (at) websitemanagers.com.au> writes:
>
>>Josh Luthman wrote:
>>> I may have missed something here...but is this compression done
>>> already or is there a need to configure it?
>
>>Not sure...
>
> It's done, but only in the development version - neither 4.2.0
> nor 4.2.2 has it. It was rather non-trivial to implement and in
> a key-function in Hobbit; so adding it to the 4.2.x series was
> out of the question.
>
> It requires a new hobbitd daemon on the server side, and a new
> "bb" utility at the client. Compression is not turned on by
> default - you'll have to invoke "bb" as "bbz", or pass it the
> "--compress" option.
>
>
>>> Also, when was 4.2.0 release?  I'm using the 4.2.0 release at the
>>> office currently and I'd like to know if the compression has been
>>> active or not (since Henrik has included it since March, presumably
>>> 2008).
>
>>August 2006 says sourceforge :)
>>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128058
>
> Aug 10, 2006 to be exact.
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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