Re: where is compress ?
FYI - a month ago I claimed
> You can't just replace compress with gzip for X because there are two
> places in the X tree where uncompression is done in-line (server code
> and font code.) I'm almost finished with some patches to use "zlib"
> directly instead, which will eliminate the last place debian has any
> need for the compress algorithm :-)
About 3 weeks ago I submitted the patches to the X Consortium; I
haven't heard if they've been accepted, but I have tested them; the X
fonts shrink by about 2M total, but more importantly the compress code
is gone (turns out there was only one place, lib/font/fontfile, that
was actually *used*...)
If it looks like X11R6.2 will go out without these changes, I'll send
them directly to the XFree86 team. If the compress patent issue is
important enough for debian, I'll work with the package maintainer to
get it integrated there directly (otherwise it's easier to just wait
for it to propagate through.)
_Mark_ <eichin@kitten.gen.ma.us>
The Herd of Kittens
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