[Gnu-arch-users] Re: archive storage format comments on the size

[Andrea Arcangeli]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:41:34AM -0400, Miles Bader wrote:
> None the less, avoiding the overhead of applying lots of little changesets is
> still often desirable, which is the reason for the other thread on summary
> deltas.

agreed, but I prefer the cache to happen locally or I would lose
information during network transfer. the local caches are fine, they're
temporary data. After I finished working on it I can delete all the
caches (possibly loaded in /dev/shm as Pau said ;), all the real info is
stored in the archive (and the superpatchsets helps exactly in keeping
the archive as compact as possible by allowing a x20 compression instead
of the current x2 compression of the tar.gz).

Andrea - If you prefer relying on open source software, check these links:
            rsync.kernel.org::pub/scm/linux/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.[45]/
            http://www.cobite.com/cvsps/