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Re: Add LZ4 compression in pg_dump

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: gkokolatos@pm.me
Cc: andrew@dunslane.net, exclusion@gmail.com, tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com, pryzby@telsasoft.com, shiy.fnst@fujitsu.com, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org, rachelmheaton@gmail.com
Date: 2023-05-07T22:26:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 03:01:52PM +0000, gkokolatos@pm.me wrote:
> Thank you but I am not certain I know what that means. Can you please explain?

It means that this thread has been added to the following list:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_16_Open_Items#Open_Issues

pg_dump/compress_lz4.c is new as of PostgreSQL 16, and this patch is
fixing a deficiency.  That's just a way outside of the commit fest to
track any problems and make sure these are fixed before the release
happens.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Advance input pointer when LZ4 compressing data

  2. Null-terminate the output buffer of LZ4Stream_gets

  3. Rework code defining default compression for dir/custom formats in pg_dump

  4. pg_dump: Use only LZ4 frame format for compression

  5. Minor comment improvements for compress_lz4

  6. Unify buffer sizes in pg_dump compression API

  7. Improve type handling in pg_dump's compress file API

  8. Improve wording in pg_dump compression docs

  9. Fix condition in pg_dump TAP test

  10. Add LZ4 compression to pg_dump

  11. Introduce a generic pg_dump compression API

  12. Prepare pg_dump internals for additional compression methods

  13. Fix behavior with pg_restore -l and compressed dumps

  14. Add 250c8ee07ed to git-blame-ignore-revs

  15. Provide test coverage in pg_dump for default behaviors with compression

  16. Switch pg_dump to use compression specifications

  17. Refactor code parsing compression option values (-Z/--compress)

  18. meson: Add some missing env settings for tests of pg_dump and pg_verifybackup

  19. Extend TAP tests of pg_dump to test for compression with gzip

  20. Clean up some dead code in pg_dump with tar format and gzip compression

  21. Add TAP test in pg_dump with --format=tar and --compress

  22. Replace BASE_BACKUP COMPRESSION_LEVEL option with COMPRESSION_DETAIL.

  23. Refactor the pg_dump zlib code from pg_backup_custom.c to a separate file,