From 3f9e2c6f48d16a19b329f9a50090fcc8d3d6000d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kirill Ignatev Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 12:07:07 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README: Prefer python-lz4 over lz4tools --- README.rst | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index e5e37ca75..909a05436 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ for more details. Compression *********** -kafka-python supports gzip compression/decompression natively. To produce or -consume lz4 compressed messages, you must install lz4tools and xxhash (modules -may not work on python2.6). To enable snappy compression/decompression install -python-snappy (also requires snappy library). +kafka-python supports gzip compression/decompression natively. To produce or consume lz4 +compressed messages, you should install python-lz4 (pip install lz4). +To enable snappy compression/decompression install python-snappy (also requires snappy library). See for more information.