From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:20:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fetch-pack: grow stateless RPC windows exponentially
Message-ID: <xmqqzipde5xb.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160719195347.GF29326@google.com>

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.