[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10365: Gzip compression should be offered by default in Wordpress

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#10365: Gzip compression should be offered by default in Wordpress
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 Reporter:  caesarsgrunt     |        Owner:          
     Type:  feature request  |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  3.0     
Component:  Optimization     |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch        |  
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Comment(by hakre):

 As long as there is no exact point where the output starts nor a defined,
 binding, strict and explicit point where it stops, you are technically not
 able to solve it within PHP code if you do not edit the first line of code
 which is not an option for the core code.

 Ignoring this simple fact will only lead us to shoot in our foot. First of
 all there should be a definition of the workflow the output undergoes
 before discussing ''condiderations of why this feature is good or bad''.
 Such a feature will always find it's pro/counter-speakers based on wether
 or not a blog admin is able to enable output compression properly when
 wanted or vice-versa.

 Therefore it's pretty much adviseable to provide this by a plugin because
 a plugin can be written for a certain server configuration. The core
 (should) not (I know there are exceptions to this, but not here).

 Even better would be some documentation that just plainly talks about what
 is going on regarding "compression". It took me longer to read this
 dicussion here then to create a codex page that just helps everybody right
 away:

 [http://codex.wordpress.org/Output_Compression WordPress Codex: Output
 Compression]

 Feel free to add your knowledge to that page so that it is accessible by
 everybody. I have not searched for already existing plugins or the like,
 so this might be something valuable to add. Thanks.

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