[Phpmyadmin-devel] Withdrawing bzip2 export / import?

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:25:20 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):

> Le 2014-01-15 03:01, Michal Čihař a écrit :
> > Hi
> > 
> > Dne Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:57:40 -0500
> > Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):
> > 
> >> I had a look at this bug [0]. Not being able to completely import a .bz2 
> >> file is serious.
> > 
> > Given that the bug was not discovered for about ten years, I don't see
> > it that serious.
> 
> Well I do, as the person who created the ticket, who could not restore
> his backup.

There is simple workaround - use different tool to uncompress the
backup.

> But the fact that we did not get a report about this, might mean that
> this feature is not used much.

Indeed, that's also possibility.

> Users who want compression can use the gzip option, so removing bz2
> would not leave them with nothing.

I'm fine with removal (for export, for import, it should IMHO stay for
a while). bz2 really does not have much benefits these days.

-- 
	Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://phpmyadmin.net
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