[Phpmyadmin-devel] Withdrawing bzip2 export / import?

Marc Delisle marc at infomarc.info
Wed Jan 15 12:43:19 CET 2014


Le 2014-01-15 06:40, Michal Čihař a écrit :
> 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

Just to clarify, you are fine with removing for export?



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