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Re: Last mile to 1.0?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jul 17, 2005, 00:49 UTC
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ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>>
>>    - Anonymous pull from packed archives on remote sites via
>>      non-rsync, non-ssh transport.  ...
>>      ... but we may also end up wanting something HTTP
>>      reachable.
>
> For this we need a cgi script that will generate an appropriate
> pack.

I agree that nothing would beat a pack customized for each puller from the bandwidth point of view. I like the general idea of git-daemon Linus did and the cgi script you suggest, but I wonder what the CPU/disk load implications for the server.

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  1. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2005
  2. Eric W. BiedermanJul 16, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2005
  4. David LangJul 17, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  6. Alexey NezhdanovJul 18, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  8. Alexey NezhdanovJul 18, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2005
  10. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  11. Gene HeskettJul 23, 2005
  12. 0/6 A bit better dumb server supportJunio C Hamano, Jul 24, 2005
  13. Ryan AndersonJul 23, 2005
  14. Gene HeskettJul 23, 2005
  15. Kevin SmithJul 23, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2005
  17. Alexey NezhdanovJul 24, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2005

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