And still not delivered. The 3rd time's a charm ...

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> From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com>
> Date: July 8, 2008 7:52:57 PM EDT
> To: rpm-devel@rpm5.org
> Subject: Fwd: rsyncable gzdio
>
> Dunno where my reply went. Apologies if duplicate ...
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com>
>> Date: July 8, 2008 7:21:31 PM EDT
>> To: rpm-devel@rpm5.org
>> Subject: Re: rsyncable gzdio
>>
>>
>> On Jul 8, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Alexey Tourbin wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 11:44:07PM +0200, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>>>     - make gzdio.c standalone.
>>>
>>> BTW, I have rsyncable gzdio implemntation (this does not require
>>> patched zlib, one only has to call gzflush() at certain sync  
>>> points).
>>>
>>> It is known to work well.  Please review the patches and tell me
>>> whether you want it or not.
>>> http://git.altlinux.org/people/at/packages/rpm.git? 
>>> a=commitdiff;h=c761902b
>>> http://git.altlinux.org/people/at/packages/rpm.git? 
>>> a=commitdiff;h=f7b5ee1e
>>> http://git.altlinux.org/people/at/packages/rpm.git? 
>>> a=commitdiff;h=8d5e355e
>>> http://git.altlinux.org/people/at/packages/rpm.git? 
>>> a=commitdiff;h=52b2499a
>>
>>
>> I definitely would like to get zlib out of rpm as long as payloads  
>> are rsync-ready.
>> That's all that keeps zlib internal is the gzip.rsync.patch2
>>
>> An explicit benchmark to measure the savings into tests/* would be  
>> extremely useful
>> to actually measure the benefits of --rsyncable payloads.
>>
>> 73 de Jeff
>