Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: recent changes

[Andy Tai]

Yes,  cache reversions every 50th one may be useful but should be done in a 
smarter manner...  if
the baz algorithms can be applied in a less disruptive way that would be 
great...

--- Matthieu Moy <address@hidden> wrote:

> address@hidden (Ludovic Court�s) writes:

> >> * cacherev every 50 revisions and every tag even within the same
> >> archive. Disk is cheap
> >
> > While I agree this should be the default, I think it should not be
> > hard-wired.
> 
> In particular, cachedrevs for all tags are a bad choice if you
> microbranch a lot. It does not only cost disk space, it also costs
> bandwidth: if you have a close ancestor in your revision library, it's
> cheaper to apply a few changesets to it than to get the cached
> revision. Bazaar has clever algorithms to chose which full tree
> revision to start with (a cachedrev, the initial import, or in your
> revision library), but that's relatively deep changes, I don't think
> this will ever be merged into tla. 
> -- 
> Matthieu