Re: [PATCH 02/40] Compile some programs only conditionally.

From: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date: Feb 29, 2008, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID: <200802292158.12398.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802290046180.22527@racer.site>

On Friday 29 February 2008 01:47, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

Show 9 quoted lines

> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > openlog() etc. is only one problem in git-daemon. It also depends on
> > SIGCHLD, a non-blocking waitpid, and a lot more. The patch that is in
> > 4msysgit.git allows only a single connection, IIRC, after which it
> > terminates. But I also think that git-daemon can be made more complete
> > on Windows, but it certainly requires a major surgery.
>
> Okay, I did not look closely enough.  But even a single-connection daemon
> is better than no daemon, no?

In principle, yes. But:

- git-fetch needs two connections if there are new tags in the source repo.

- The daemon patches in 4msysgit.git could be prettier, they certainly would 
not pass your scrutiny.

git-daemon is not my itch at this time, so I won't scratch it.

-- Hannes