334107 – Feature request: ability to access gzip-compressed files transparently

Bug 334107 - Feature request: ability to access gzip-compressed files transparently

Summary: Feature request: ability to access gzip-compressed files transparently

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Bugzilla (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee:	Bugzilla Admins

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Reported:	2010-08-23 17:13 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2018-09-30 07:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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lipsum.txt.gz (test case) (lipsum.txt.gz,3.16 KB, application/gzip) 2018-09-30 07:18 UTC, Michał Górny	Details
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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-08-23 17:13:01 UTC

Since now Portage can generate zlib-compressed log files, it would be nice for both time and bandwidth space for those to be attached as-is... unfortunately this means they are not viewable inline even if the browser supported the deflate/gzip encoding (Firefox, Chromium).

If you could look into providing inline access to those it'd be fantastic :)

Comment 1 Martin von Gagern 2011-09-22 12:13:19 UTC

Even if portage doesn't compress its logs on creation, this still would be useful as it would allow larger build logs to be attached, which typically compress very well.

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2018-09-30 07:18:22 UTC

Created attachment 548298 [details]
lipsum.txt.gz (test case)

Comment 3 Michał Górny archtester

2018-09-30 07:21:35 UTC

I recall seeing such behavior at some point.  Not sure if it was Bugzilla or the browser.  However, one thing that's clear is that it made downloading attachment problematic.