From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: pack.packSizeLimit, safety checks Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:45:29 -0800 Message-ID: <7vvdeg23sm.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <7vvdeg50x4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Sergio , git@vger.kernel.org To: Nicolas Pitre X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 01 19:46:01 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nc1HO-000604-PT for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:45:47 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755606Ab0BASpl (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:45:41 -0500 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:33874 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755400Ab0BASpk (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:45:40 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0B7296C58; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:45:38 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=CBJcWyI6Ea6O8yIyJPLt4xs2tl0=; b=pmh5T3 TNaaJcooQ+S3E8DsHMDvpGqOjixeK+U+Cu9aVmCMgen+/H06iek56snyWbm5a3BO UT+LINEJrPZzOztMPp2RorblFTkIsJ9nGv6cCHzQgZXAzoOxG6Txe/CCC9FhI+8V 2MnqBXV3Zfnxh1Cnc+wttTs7MizhHVO91BGK8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=LlSKF2XBgnYq7JvXDJF864qR6pJWePJB 8z41pqn56VyRCDfZeJkVZ8fI0ZHs1ZXUE/WV/diNHAzQu5sb2vsV/YPnUd2IOVLc hPk4VC4mku9RSHLkPrsyO+T1pIOmN3zAarbkF8mU9rmswfY6vpw97F6QR9XYTvfH idCXhTVLI30= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BEF896C57; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:45:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [68.225.240.211]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9EE1A96C27; Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:45:31 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Nicolas Pitre's message of "Mon\, 01 Feb 2010 13\:04\:35 -0500 \(EST\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: FBBC4E7A-0F61-11DF-8A57-6AF7ED7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nicolas Pitre writes: > While I share your concern for advance warning and such, I think those > concerns are worth an effort proportional to the depth of user exposure. > Like for the THREADED_DELTA_SEARCH case, I'm wondering how much pain if > at all might be saved with a transition plan vs the cost of maintaining > that plan and carrying the discrepancy further. Absolutely. I just wanted to hear that --max-pack-size command line option is not widely used and it is Ok to change it.