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Re: GSoC 2009 Prospective student

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Feb 24, 2009, 21:17 UTC
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> Well, this is _cache_. OTOH having pack cache would make it easy to have
> resumable clone if you hit one of cached packfiles on resume...
> 
> On the other hand I wonder what improvements it would give, as generating
> packs with delta reuse is, I think, quite fast...

Object enumeration is still an issue. A cache would allow skipping that part as well, making cached packs about the same as a simple file server.

Nicolas
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  1. Rohan DhruvaFeb 22, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierFeb 22, 2009
  3. Rohan DhruvaFeb 22, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierFeb 22, 2009
  5. Miklos VajnaFeb 22, 2009
  6. Nicolas PitreFeb 22, 2009
  7. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 23, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 23, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceFeb 23, 2009
  10. Nicolas PitreFeb 23, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2009
  12. Shawn O. PearceFeb 24, 2009
  13. Jakub NarebskiFeb 24, 2009
  14. Nicolas PitreFeb 24, 2009

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