[PATCH 07/24] gnu: compression: Add snappy.

[David Craven]

* gnu/packages/compression.scm (snappy): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/compression.scm | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index e63c1af..cd1866b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ben Woodcroft <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <address@hidden>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -871,3 +872,38 @@ even LZMA can provide, or a higher speed than gzip while 
compressing as
 well as bzip2.")
     (license (list license:gpl3+
                    license:public-domain)))) ; most files in lzma/
+
+(define-public snappy
+  (package
+    (name "snappy")
+    (version "1.1.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append
+                "https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/";
+                version ".tar.gz"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "04lc9n1fr4kak8yd68v61w561zcbykfyj9f745smva8hcn0hyk7r"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
+       ("automake" ,automake)
+       ("libtool" ,libtool)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'unpack 'autoconf
+           (lambda _
+             (zero? (system* "autoreconf" "-vfi")))))))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp";)
+    (synopsis "Fast compressor/decompressor")
+    (description "Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not
+aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression 
library;
+instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For instance,
+compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster
+for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to
+100% bigger.")
+    (license license:asl2.0)))
-- 
2.9.0