Rev 4047: NEWS entry about batching up requests. in lp:///~jameinel/bzr/sort_knit_fetch

[John Arbash Meinel]

At lp:///~jameinel/bzr/sort_knit_fetch

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revno: 4047
revision-id: john at arbash-meinel.com-20090225211614-ah3tpucd27g92lxj
parent: john at arbash-meinel.com-20090225211322-qc94czk3s1g7nliq
committer: John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com>
branch nick: sort_knit_fetch
timestamp: Wed 2009-02-25 15:16:14 -0600
message:
  NEWS entry about batching up requests.
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       stream if the server is version 1.13 or greater, reducing roundtrips
       significantly. (Andrew Bennetts, Robert Collins)
 
+    * Lightweight Checkouts and Stacked Branches should both be much
+      faster over remote connections. Building the working tree now
+      batches up requests into approx 5MB requests, rather than a separate
+      request for each file. (John Arbash Meinel)
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     * Support for GSSAPI authentication when using HTTP or HTTPS. 
       (Jelmer Vernooij)