[tex-live] \pdfcompresslevel=9 in hyperref/hpdftex.def

[Robin Fairbairns]

Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Heiko Oberdiek wrote:
> > Perhaps in early days, \pdfcompresslevel was zero.
> > For a better answer you must do some historical research.
> > Perhaps Sebastian knows an answer.
>
> sorry, that brain cell died 2 years ago :-}

and him so young, too...
 
> Perhaps pdfTeX did not understand
> compressed PDF back in the early days
> (remember that TUG meeting in Moscow, anyone?)

dubna, but yes.  don't remember anything about compressed pdf.
either it wasn't mentioned, or it went right over my head.  things do
that a lot nowadays...