[Grub-dev] LZMA support in upload server

[Jeremie Miller]

When we get a new dispatch, it could easily just detect the incoming  
Accept-Encoding header and take the top one as the preferred... the  
idea being though that there needs to be a way to enforce the  
compression of the arcs before they're uploaded.

Jer

On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Balinny wrote:

> Bartek Jasicki wrote:
>> On 2009-02-25, at 16:26:45
>> Balinny <balinny at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The extension is established by the dispatcher. Perhaps the  
>>> workunits
>>> should only contain .arc and
>>>
>>
>> If i good understand, you want change last entry in workunit file  
>> (with
>> informations about upload server, file name, etc)? If yes, then IMO,
>> this is good idea ;) But unfortunately, if i good think, it need some
>> changes in workunit files format (and this can take some time).
>>
> It's a two-minute change. Specially given that the last entry must be
> generated on-the-fly anyway.
> As a bonus, also add  Accept-Encoding: gzip, lzma
>
>>> the clients should tell the server the compression using a
>>> Content-Encoding header?
>>>
>>
>> But what difference been between current settings? This not change
>> anything - currently using extension for LZMA compression is .lzma
>> (.7zip or 7z are extensions for 7zip program not for compression).
>>
> Because the client is asked to put the result on a specific address.
> Removing that url extension to place a new one is intrusive.
>
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