From: Joel Becker Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:43:49 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] Cache negative delta pairs Message-ID: <20060629214349.GA11640@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> In-Reply-To: On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 02:30:11PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > However, that is obviously also the dis-advantage, since it means that > repacking cannot improve packing. So adding a flag to say "please try to > incrementally improve the pack" might well be worth it, even if this new > behaviour would be the _default_. I nominate "--pack-me-harder". Joel -- "Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years." - Bob Brown Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127