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Re: zstd compression for pg_dump

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, gkokolatos@pm.me, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Dipesh Pandit <dipesh.pandit@gmail.com>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>, Mark Dilger <mark.dilger@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2023-02-25T04:44:36Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 01:18:40PM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> This is a draft patch - review is welcome and would help to get this
> ready to be considererd for v16, if desired.
> 
> I'm going to add this thread to the old CF entry.
> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/31/2888/

Patch 0003 adds support for the --long option of zstd, meaning that it
"enables long distance matching with #windowLog".  What's the benefit
of that when it is applied to dumps and base backup contents?
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Support long distance matching for zstd compression

  2. pg_dump: Add support for zstd compression