From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:15:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Git-aware HTTP transport
Message-ID: <48B38377.3050901@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0808252052350.29665@asgard.lang.hm>

david@lang.hm wrote:
> 
> on the other hand, it would be a good thing if pack files could be cached.
> 
> in a peer-peer git environment the cache would not be used very much, 
> but when you have a large number of people tracking a central repository 
> (or even a pseudo-central one like the kernel) you have a lot of people 
> upgrading from one point to the next point.
> 

Worth noting that this also applies to the raw git protocol.

	-hpa