Re: pg_basebackup compression TODO item

On 03/03/2016 09:34 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2016-03-03 18:31:03 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> I think we want it at protocol level rather than pg_basebackup level.
>
> I think we may want both eventually, but I do agree that protocol level
> has a lot higher "priority" than that. Something like protocol level
> compression has a bit of different tradeofs than compressing base
> backups, and it's nice not to compress, uncompress, compress again.

Agreed. This is something that we have neglected and argued against for 
no good reason for over a decade. It is time to get it done.

Sincerely,

JD


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