On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Huchev <hugochevr...@gmail.com> wrote: > How come any compressor which could put some competition to pglz is > systematically pushed out of the field on the ground of unverifiable "legal > risks" ?
Because pglz has been around for a while and has not caused patent trouble. The risks have been accepted and the downsides have not materialized. Were pglz were being written and distributed starting today, perhaps your reasoning would be more compelling, but as-is the pglz ship has sailed for quite some time and empirically it has not been a problem. That said, I hope the findings are in favor of lz4 or snappy integration. It does seem lz4 has picked up a slight edge. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers