From: 徐迪 <xudifsd@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:33:50 GMT
Subject: Re: About Summer of code idea -- better big-file support
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2011/3/19 Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>:
> 2011/3/19 徐迪 <xudifsd@gmail.com>:
>> 2011/3/19, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>:
>>> See below link for recent discussions regarding big file support:
>>>
>>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165389/focus=168956
>>>
>>> On the store of big files, bup (at github) model might fit in as well
>>> if large files change a small portion regularly.
>>>
>> But, why those features haven't merged into upstream developement?
>> Sorry for this question, but I'm fresh here.
>
> This is just my guess. For specific apps, you should pull their authors in.
>
> All apps experiment different ways of dealing with big files and work
> in certain situations. None is generic enough to be merged upstream.
> Take bup as an example, it aims at big files _only_. A file is treated
> as a directory of many smaller pieces. In order to get it merged, we
> need to separate those big files from the rest because it's just too
> different in handling them.
> --
> Duy
>

Thanks for that timely link, I think I should do some more research now :P