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From: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with large files on different OSes
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:28:58 +0100
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2009/5/27 Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>:
> Christopher Jefferson wrote:
>> If the requirement that all files can be mmapped cannot be easily removed,
>> would be it perhaps be acceptable to impose a (soft?) 1GB(ish) file size
>> limit?
>
> Most definitely not. Why should we limit a cross-platform system for
> the benefit of one particular developer's lacking hardware?

Perhaps a simple warning would suffice  "Warning: Files larger than
2GB may cause problems when trying to checkout on Windows."

John