Smart server usage

[Nam Nguyen]

> I am also aware that bzr+http was made available earlier this year (bzr
> 0.14). Is it like bzr+ssh in that it does not require any configuration
> to the server other than installing Bazaar, though it can be used with
> the dedicated server and thus have write access enabled?

That is correct.

>
> What kind of performance gain can be expected from the smart server at
> this point? Like, how would using say, the bzr+ssh scheme compare with
> just using sftp, and bzr+http with http? Is there a penalty to not
> running the smart server in dedicated mode?

I have not seen any benchmark yet. But my gut tells me that bzr
protocol transfers in bulk rather than file by file like HTTP and
SFTP. So yes, there will be penalty, especially compared to HTTP
(because of encoding). The question remains, though, that how slow the
penalty could be. Still, if Bazaar project itself can use HTTP for its
main bzr.dev branch, I guess it's some testimonial.

Cheers
Nam