[NNTP] NNTP Compression

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho]

On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 04:16:37AM -0800, Ade Lovett wrote:
> Simplicity.  Either a stream is negotiated compressed, or it isn't.  You
> mention having to track state as being an issue, now view that from the point
> of view of a server farm, dealing with tens of thousands of simultaneous
> connections, potentially flipping in and out of compression.

Sounds like the on/off-switch should be optional, if included at all.
Making it optional would allow a server farm not implement it, while allowing
smaller servers to implement it, no?

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