Repository size . . . is this right

[Martin Pool]

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Robert Collins
<robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 17:04 +0000, Matt Nordhoff wrote:
>
>> If you run "bzr pack" twice without committing or pulling or adding new
>> revisions in any other way, it will exit without doing anything.
>
> I'd support having 'bzr pack && bzr pack' leave an empty obsolete_packs
> directory. I also completely agree that the current behaviour confuses
> people and thats *not good*. However, safety is really important too.
>
>> > 300MB compared to 130MB is a bit of a disappointment.
>>
>> Right. I hope someone else will be able to help you with that.
>
> The split-inventory repository work includes hooking in better
> compression for inventory objects; During, or shortly after that, we
> should have better compression for texts too. Past experience suggests a
> 50% or better reduction.

This is <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/304320>

It should be pretty straightforward to address if someone is feeling
keen: there is an api to empty the obsolete packs, and it's just a
matter of adding the option, passing it down, and testing this.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>