[RFC] gzip bundle data

[Goffredo Baroncelli]

On Monday 13 November 2006 20:32, you (Aaron Bentley) wrote:
> Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> > where:
> > * v0.8			standard bundle format v0.8
> > * gzip(bundle-v0.8)	gzipped standard bundle format v0.8 ( bzr bundle ... |
> >                         gzip -9 )
> > * gzip+bundle		bundle with data section gzipped then encoded base64
> > * b64enc(gzip(v0.8))	gzipped standard bundle format v0.8 then encoded 
base64
> >                         (bzr bundle ... | gzip -9 | uuencode -m ... )
> 
> I'd prefer to leave the first revision in the bundle visible, and gzip
> the rest.

I agree; even tough I prefer also to permit to the user to send a bundle data 
only format (whithout the human readable diff)
> 
> > My first concern, is if we can update the format 0.8 or we have to 
introduce a
> > new bundle forma (v0.10 or v0.9 ? ).
> 
> We would definitely need to create a new format, but that shouldn't be
> onerous.  There is already a v0.9, so this would be v0.10.
[...]

> 
> Aaron
> 
Goffredo 
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