# Reduce local disk space needs by not (redundantly) gzipping backups

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763 "2022-11-16T12:38:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-local-disk-space-needs-by-not-redundantly-gzipping-backups/245763/26 "2026-10-03T16:18:03Z")

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Maybe it could be #pr-welcome ?

It’s a small fix, but breaking backups is also very, very bad.

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