[Phpmyadmin-devel] Withdrawing bzip2 export / import?

[Michal Čihař]

Dne Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:43:19 -0500
Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> napsal(a):

> 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?

Exactly.


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