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RE: http access to source code
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: http access to source code |
Date: |
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:26:08 -0700 |
> > This sorry sorry-thank-you page has been thanking us for
> > our patience for a _very_ long time now.
>
> Have you tried to access that page a few times in a row.
Yes, indeed, I have - naturally. That's usually what I do, for the reasons you
mention below.
> I've seen this message as well, but if I retry right away,
> it usually works
Sometimes it does; I agree. Too often it does not.
To me, this HTTP access is woefully inadequate. Others do not seem to complain,
however. Dunno whether there are only a few people who try HTTP access, with
nearly everyone using BZR instead. I use HTTP to download specific source
files, so for me this is a sorry regression wrt the state of things prior to the
move to BZR. (I'm *not* making any general statement about BZR vs CVS or GIT or
whatever.)
> (my mental model to explain it: the Emacs repository is so large
> that it takes too long to swap it in, so the webserver timeouts
> and gives an error even though the operation actually works fine,
> so if you try it again right away, it can work because some of
> the data is already swapped in and
> the whole process can then finish before the timeout).
Yes, I've imagined the same thing. And I do try refreshing (repeatedly). And
sometimes I do get through. But not often enough to consider that workaround a
remedy.
More anecdotal support for the model you suggest is that on the days that you
ultimately can get through, it definitely is not a good idea to open two browser
windows to different parts of the repository. ;-)