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bzip library

PostPosted: 29 Jan 2011 21:34
by old_death
Hey, I've seen that you have updated the bzip2 library that is included in the Shareaza library. As I didn't know what bzip actually was, I searched... and found.

However, the Wikipedia article names a second implementation of bzip2 called pbzip2, which makes use of multi-threading while bzip2 does not. This means that depending on where we do use bzip2 (which I don't know), users of multi-core CPUs might (highly?) profit from using pbzip2 instead of bzip2.

pbzip2 library: http://compression.ca/pbzip2/

mfg,
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PS.: You're doing a fine job, Ryo :mrgreen:

bzip

PostPosted: 01 Feb 2011 00:08
by skinvista
bz2 is currently only used in DC++, and even there primarily in rare/small collection files.

bzlib was the first code addition in preparation for DC++, but consider it an idle fringe use case.

Re: bzip library

PostPosted: 01 Feb 2011 12:45
by old_death
Ah, OK. So no problem there... I just thought I should leave a note in case this was heavily used, because it could have been a major improvement... :)


mfg,
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