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Re: [PATCH v2] fetch-pack: grow stateless RPC windows exponentially

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 19, 2016, 20:20 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
> In the stateless-rpc case, linear growth means getting a bounded
> number of 'have's worth of benefit (new 'have's) in each round, in
> exchange for a linearly increasing cost (existing 'have's).  That is a
> high cost for limited benefit.  Exponential growth is a better deal.

Ahh, of course (silly me). I somehow forgot the cost of having to repeat what we have already sent to the other side.

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  1. fetch-pack: grow stateless RPC windows exponentiallyJonathan Tan, Jul 18, 2016
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  3. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2016
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  5. Jonathan NiederJul 18, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2016
  7. Jonathan TanJul 18, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2016
  9. fetch-pack: grow stateless RPC windows exponentiallyJonathan Tan, Jul 18, 2016
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 18, 2016
  11. Stefan BellerJul 19, 2016
  12. Jonathan TanJul 19, 2016
  13. Stefan BellerJul 19, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2016
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 19, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2016
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