On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes: >> On 11/08/2011 09:34 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >>> There might be some argument for providing a client option to disable >>> compression, but it should not be forced, and it shouldn't even be the >>> default. But before adding YA connection option, I'd want to see some >>> evidence that it's useful over non-local connections. > >> I can certainly conceive of situations where one wants SSL on a high >> speed/bandwidth network. I don't think we should assume that all or even >> most real world SSL use will be across slow networks. > > Even for that use-case, I don't believe that testing on a local loopback > connection should be considered representative.
Probably not, but I think we ought to provide the option to disable compression for those who want to do that. I also agree with you that we should leave the default as-is. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
