[Bug-wget] [bug #44817] http/gzip compression

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: http/gzip compression
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 12 Apr 2015 11:33:43 AM UTC
                Category: Feature Request
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.16.3
        Operating System: None
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: No

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Details:

Why does wget still not have any http/gzip compression?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_compression

It's an essential feature for a web crawler because it saves both the server
and the downloader huge amounts of bandwidth. Server admins are banning wget
now because it requests everything uncompressed and uses 4 times the bandwidth
as other programs. 




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