Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Working out a branching scheme [was: tag --seal --fix]

[Dustin Sallings]

On Apr 1, 2004, at 17:06, Aaron Bentley wrote:

> >     I think part of the problem is just the size of the data set that 
> > has to be moved around to figure out what the next patch number is 
> > (especially over a network).  It might be easier if the tree weren't 
> > so flat.
>
> Hmm.  Assume each listing at 80 bytes, and 10,000 patches, and that's 
> 800k of directory listings.  Sheesh.  But there's an obvious 
> optimization: I have patch-10000; does patch-10001 exist? no? 
> version-0?  no? Okay, patch-10001 it is.

	My problem could've been related to the WebDAV problems I was having.  
Perhaps I should look again.

> >     I'm going to stop now before I start suggesting more directory 
> > structure changes.  :)
>
> Oh, like a LATEST-REVISION file?  Yeah, you could be hanged for that. 
> :-)

        Oh, no, not that.  I was just thinking about nesting more directories.

	Alright, I've got some validation to do to see if I still have any 
issues related to the number of patches.  I've got an 11 kilopatch tree 
I can experiment with.  :)

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Dustin Sallings