From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:36:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support 64-bit indexes for pack files.
Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.0.82.0702271235260.29426@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <2BBADC5E-7188-4F77-BF5A-28131B435EF0@adacore.com>

On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Geert Bosch wrote:

> For smaller packs, the I/O is all going to be buffered anyway,
> but if we're going to have >4GB pack files, it adds a lot of real
> I/O  and SHA1 computation for no good reason. If we get a rare chance
> to have a new pack format, why not fix this wart at the same time?

Fair enough.


Nicolas