Hi, On 2019-02-08 07:01:01 +0000, Iwata, Aya wrote: > > I still not sure whether it is good idea to make it possible to user to > > explicitly specify compression algorithm. > > Right now used streaming compression algorithm is hardcoded and depends on > > --use-zstd ort --use-zlib configuration options. > > If client and server were built with the same options, then they are able > > to use compression. > I understand that compression algorithm is hardcoded in your proposal. > However given the possibility of future implementation, I think > it would be better for it to have a flexibility to choose compression library.
Agreed. I think that's a hard requirement. Making explicitly not forward compatible interfaces is a bad idea. Greetings, Andres Freund