bzr speed

[Martin Pool]

On 21 Feb 2006, James Blackwell <jblack at merconline.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:33:41PM -0600, John A Meinel wrote:
> > James Blackwell wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:45:09PM +1100, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > >> Would using .listing files like GNU Arch uses help at all?
> > > 
> > > Nope. We already know which files are there. I have my guesses on why the
> > > current pushes and pulls suck so horribly bad. Its a moot point though, as
> > > there's a new thing going in that will push those pushes and pulls down
> > > from 80 minutes down to about 3.
> > > 
> > 
> > Actually, it would help. The reason sftp is faster than http is because
> > we aren't parsing our own information to figure out what we need to
> > pull. (And probably we have better keepalive and pipeline support).
> 
> My thought was that we already have an inventory, which negates the need
> for something like .listing. Though I suppose its got a more involved than
> just "whats present".

It's a bit different.  The inventory says what controlled files are in
the tree; the .listing files say what container files are in the
storage.

-- 
Martin
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