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From: "Matthias Kestenholz" <mk@spinlock.ch>
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:27:08 +0200
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> wrote:
> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
>
>> There's one, actually. The default pack-index version is increased now,
>> so really, really old clients (pre-1.4.5) won't be able to understand
>> the packs generated by default by a new server.
>
> AAUI, the pack itself is sent over the network, but the index is
> generated locally when receiving the pack, so this shouldn't be a
> problem.
>

If you use the git or ssh protocol, then yes. If you use dumb protocols such as
HTTP or rsync, no.

Matthias