Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:03:02 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: fullermd@over-yonder.net Cc: uqs@spoerlein.net, kmacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Official git export Message-ID: <4e5f2e26.6PQ5d6F3eauFfAcH%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20110831081815.GN2493@over-yonder.net> References: <CAMBSHm8uX45k0M4on=5Cpw_CKoddA=4oJSNXpH7dGPt=Vy2HOw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108261000040.48200@fledge.watson.org> <slrnj5lc58.jd1.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <4e5ba9c3.bzHIw1KEy8R2QcK7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <3420B331-C697-468A-80BA-B31C33804710@freebsd.org> <4e5c5b5f.moT7dLemOuteQJ5T%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4E5C364D.7070904@freebsd.org> <CAHM0Q_Mq3YEEpB6uNymjtd=WCQuTR6gd=71EsLxJf5J0ygyjiw@mail.gmail.com> <20110830201357.GB58638@acme.spoerlein.net> <4e5e458a.Un%2BVK0itRgItvxbf%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20110831081815.GN2493@over-yonder.net>
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"Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 07:30:34AM -0700 I heard the voice of > perryh@pluto.rain.com, and lo! it spake thus: > > Surely it would be "noticeably faster" to _download_ only (say) > > /usr/src/sys than all of /usr/src, unless one has an uncommonly > > fast link? (It would also impose less load on the serving site.) > > In the context of most current-gen DVCSen, it's unlikely to be much > (or in fact _any_) faster or less data to transfer. It's just less > data to blat into the working tree. That makes a certain amount of sense _if_ the VCS considers the entire base system to reside in a single repository, which is why someone was suggesting splitting it into multiple repositories. The question remains: does it really make sense that I must download the entire VCS history for things like cddl, contrib, crypto, games, and kerberos if I only plan to work on the kernel?
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