Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> mod_gzip implements the gzip algorithm. It also happens to be a 300k
> source file (~11,000 lines). mod_gz is a 14k file and is 446 lines
> and relies on zlib.
>
> Knowing the people on this list I will bet that the size of the file
> went a long way for us not accepting Remote Communications's version
> in the core distribution. My cause for not accepting mod_gzip would
> be that implementing the gzip algorithm is better left to someone
> else - like the guy who wrote gzip. I mean no offense to Remote
> Communications as I'm sure their implementation is sound.
If I recall correctly, this "guy who wrote gzip" (or - to be precise -
one of the two guys who wrote it) is working with Remote Communications.
If it's true, it means that he feels OK with their implementation (maybe
it's similar?). Having one less library to depend on, is an advantage and
not a disadvantage, even if it requires mod_gzip to be 300K (I believe
that the 2.0 version will be smaller, thanks to the I/O filtering).
Maybe we should simply ask him; His name is Mark Adler, more details at:
http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~madler/
Note: I don't know mod_gz but only mod_gzip.
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