[tor-bugs] #11787 [Tor]: Can we save huge amounts of directory bandwith with Z_NO_FLUSH?

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#11787: Can we save huge amounts of directory bandwith with Z_NO_FLUSH?
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     Reporter:  nickm   |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  needs_review
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-relay zlib
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Comment (by nickm):

 I still don't know if the patch works.  But if it does, I expect it to
 save something 7% for server descriptors, and who-knows-how-much for
 microdescs.  (This is based on downloading all.z from turtles,
 uncompressing it, and recompressing it with gzip -9)

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