Brief article on benchmarks of Python repository with leading DVCSen

Vincent Ladeuil v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr
Wed Feb 11 20:26:36 GMT 2009


>>>>> "aaron" == Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> writes:

    aaron> Nicholas Allen wrote:

    >> It would always be safe to remove anything from the cache
    >> at anytime.  The cache would be just that - a cache.

Nice circular definition :)

    >> Not the primary storage location for revisions. Revisions
    >> would still be stored in the branches or the shared
    >> repositories as usual.

    aaron> If revisions are stored in the branches, why would you
    aaron> store them in the cache?

To avoid downloading them when branching outside of a shared
repo.

    aaron> Or are you meaning that the branches are remote and
    aaron> the cache is local?

He mean the cache and branches are local and the revisions are
duplicated.

It could fly for people who thinks that hard disk space is cheap
(many, but not all, do).

        Vincent



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