Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:20:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: organization Message-ID: <20050329112003.GE69824@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050329075032.GA15892@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <319cceca0503281001792baf39@mail.gmail.com> <4248557A.7000302@elischer.org> <20050328191758.GB3141@britannica.bec.de> <20050329075032.GA15892@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Tue, 2005-Mar-29 10:50:32 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >A file may be repo-copied to a new location, then removed from the HEAD >branch in the old location and deleted from the rest of the branches in >the new location. This way the history will be there, in both places >but the file will only 'live' in one place at a time. At the cost of approximately doubling the repository size - ncvs/src/sys is currently abut 366MB. There are an awful lot of repository copies lying around and even at current disk prices, the total cost in dollars is non-trivial. The bigger cost is developer time - kernel developers are familiar with the current re-organisation. It will probably take at least a month for a developer to get used to a new organisation. Multiply that by the number of developers and there's an awful lot of lost productive time. The new layout would have to offer really good incentives to have a net benefit. -- Peter Jeremy
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