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Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:25:19 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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To: Naz Gassiep <naz@mira.net>
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Subject: Re: PostgreSQL web site
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Naz Gassiep wrote:
> Just a suggestion, why don't the web admins turn mod_gzip on? There are 
> no downsides, and it would likely make a fairly large impact on 
> bandwidth bills. Think of all the people browsing the PG documentation 
> (myself included). Not only would bandwidth bills go down, 
> responsiveness on the docs would be higher as well.
> 
> Even if there is no bandwidth saving (if your b/w is free for instance), 
> I'm of the opinion that mod_gzip and mod_deflate should be used unless 
> there is a compelling reason not to.
> 
> Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I thought it was worth 
> mentioning on the off chance it hadn't.

Actually that is a very good question... why are we not using mod_deflate?

Joshua D. Drake


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