rsync - Apr 2013 - [Bug 9815] New: Compression tuning parameters

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9815

           Summary: Compression tuning parameters
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: me at haravikk.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


Okay, so it's great that rsync has built in compression that can be switched
off for known compressed file types, however there is still some extra control
that could be useful for tweaking when to compress files.

For example, in my case I know that all of the files over 750mb on my machine
are mostly movie files; obviously I can add file-extension for these, but there
are quite a lot of possible movie file wrappers, so it might be easier if I
could disable compression over a certain size, as this would also exclude
things like disk images that are probably compressed already and so-on.

Likewise a parameter for skipping compression on files below a certain level
could allow tuning for files that aren't likely to compress well enough to
be
worth the effort.


On a somewhat related note, I think that --compress-level really needs more
detail, such as the default compression level, what the possible levels are,
and what the implications are. I believe rsync uses zlib which means values of
0 (none), 1 (fastest) to 9 (best) but is rsync's default the same as the
zlib
default? Should it be? Which values give best mileage in common situations? I
dunno, just seems like some of these should be touched on in the man pages.

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