Re: Can I use CRoaring library in Git?

From: Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 16, 2022, 16:26 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPOJW5zNsETYwD=MXCFLn91qaemgooPN-JB1sx7KagkKxOXTnQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <220716.86y1wtxhok.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 7:50 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

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> As a replacement for git's own bitmap implementation?

Yeah,it can replace EWAH bitmaps if it gives better performance.

> Another possibility is to get the library to dual-license itself,
> running "git shortlog -sn" on it it seems it's mainly written by one
> contributor, with a relatively short tail of others, perhaps they'd be
> willing to dual-license at the prospect of having git use it?

Kaartic suggested the same and it seems better than the previous one.

As a side note, the current EWAH implementation is also relicensed[1] to make it compatible with Git. As these two are mainly written by the same person, I think he will help us this time also.

Thanks!

[1]  https://github.blog/2015-09-22-counting-objects/#footnote-1