[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Why we might use subversion instead of arch.

[Stig Brautaset]

On Feb 24 2004, Paul wrote:
>       - an archive that is SAFE. Now that means an archive where files
>         that are stored are never changed. Ever. With the storing of
>         HEAD and reverse patches, every commit changes everything in
>         the archive... thats slow on the filesystem (for every commit
>         rather that on initial get) and risks corruption every time I
>         commit

It's also a space problem. If you have several branches of the linux
kernel and the last revision is stored in fulltext you'll use a lot more
disk space than if you only store the patches.

Stig
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