Re: [Gnu-arch-users] cacherev policy script

[Aaron Bentley]

Miles Bader wrote:
> > it talks says an optimal cacherev policy would be "cached revisions such
> > that the sum of the sizes of changesets between any two cached revisions
> > is about the same as the size as the [...] cached revision."
>
>
> Not really "optimal" for all purposes -- e.g., in my emacs branch,
> there are currently over 700 revisions, but the total size of all
> those changesets is still less than a single emacs cacherev... 
> However for purposes of not driving people doing virgin checkouts
> nuts, more frequent cacherevs are called for.

Agreed: this varies by tree, internet connection properties and 
changeset application time.

For me, with the tla tree, downloading and untarring a cacherev costs 
about as much as downloading and applying 50 changesets.

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
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Panometrics, Inc.