From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: Problem with large files on different OSes Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:36 +0200 Message-ID: <4A1E50D4.2010203@op5.se> References: <20090527215314.GA10362@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20090528043019.GA30527@spearce.org> <279b37b20905272252i3d98b6bv698ff636d61ee058@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Shawn O. Pearce" , git@vger.kernel.org To: Eric Raible X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu May 28 10:52:55 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M9bLv-0001QM-NT for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:44 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762112AbZE1Iwe (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759462AbZE1Iwe (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:34 -0400 Received: from na3sys009aog103.obsmtp.com ([74.125.149.71]:33657 "HELO na3sys009aog103.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1759318AbZE1Iwd (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2009 04:52:33 -0400 Received: from source ([72.14.220.158]) by na3sys009aob103.postini.com ([74.125.148.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKSh5Q0ufAtx8SjtxqTU+NgLFNyO6wd64X@postini.com; Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:35 PDT Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so1960702fga.10 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.59.2 with SMTP id h2mr1280734fga.30.1243500753487; Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clix.int.op5.se ([212.112.174.166]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l12sm4677045fgb.16.2009.05.28.01.52.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:33 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090320) In-Reply-To: <279b37b20905272252i3d98b6bv698ff636d61ee058@mail.gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Eric Raible wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: >> Eric Raible wrote: >>> Nicolas Pitre cam.org> writes: >>>> On Wed, 27 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: >>>> >>>>> +pack.packDeltaLimit:: >>>>> + The default maximum size of objects that we try to delta. >>>> The option name feels a bit wrong here, like if it meant the max number >>>> of deltas in a pack. Nothing better comes to my mind at the moment >>>> though. >>> pack.maxDeltaSize sounds weird when said aloud. >>> How about pack.deltaMaxSize? >> That sounds like, how big should a delta be? E.g. set it to 200 >> and any delta instruction stream over 200 bytes would be discarded, >> causing the whole object to be stored instead. Which is obviously >> somewhat silly, but that's the way I'd read that option... >> >> -- >> Shawn. > > You're right, that _is_ a strange color for the bike shed... Since 'delta' names both the action and the result of the action, it's tricky to get it unambiguous without helping the grammar along a little. pack.maxFileSizeToDelta is probably the shortest we're going to get it while avoiding ambiguity. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 Register now for Nordic Meet on Nagios, June 3-4 in Stockholm http://nordicmeetonnagios.op5.org/ Considering the successes of the wars on alcohol, poverty, drugs and terror, I think we should give some serious thought to declaring war on peace.