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diff --git a/sites/www/changelog.rst b/sites/www/changelog.rst index 5daa9243..4198e927 100644 --- a/sites/www/changelog.rst +++ b/sites/www/changelog.rst @@ -2,9 +2,18 @@ Changelog ========= -* :bug:`60` Improved the performance of compressed transport by using default - zlib compression level (which is 6) rather than the max level of 9 which is - very CPU intensive. +* :bug:`60 major` (via :issue:`1037`) Paramiko originally defaulted to zlib + compression level 9 (when one connects with ``compression=True``; it defaults + to off.) This has been found to be quite wasteful and tends to cause much + longer transfers in most cases, than is necessary. + + OpenSSH defaults to compression level 6, which is a much more reasonable + setting (nearly identical compression characteristics but noticeably, + sometimes significantly, faster transmission); Paramiko now uses this value + instead. + + Thanks to Damien Dubé for the report and ``@DrNeutron`` for investigating & + submitting the patch. * :support:`-` Display exception type and message when logging auth-rejection messages (ones reading ``Auth rejected: unsupported or mangled public key``); previously this error case had a bare except and did not display exactly why |