Re: [ros-dev] Some upcoming changes

[Colin Finck]

Alex Ionescu wrote:
>   Can we please 7zip logs instead of deleting them?
As the logs are not simple text files, but stored in a database for showing
them together with other test information (see e.g.
http://backend.reactos.org/testman/detail.php?id=341420), I've used MySQL's
COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS instead of 7-Zip now.
In my opinion, the higher memory requirements and system load of 7-Zip also
don't outweigh the compression ratio for text files, which shouldn't be that
much better compared to a zlib-based algorithm (as it's used by
COMPRESS/UNCOMPRESS). Keep in mind that everybody shall still be able to
easily access these logs over the web interface, so they have to be
uncompressed on-the-fly.

But all in all, using compression here was a good idea, we're down to 190 MB
now. :-)

Though I'm still not in favor of keeping logs of ancient revisions forever.
It's okay if we extend the limit to 2-3 years, but does anybody really need
even older logs?

Best regards,

Colin