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From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: should Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt be
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
>
>> I assumed that the new -- much more efficient (correct?) transport
>> would make the older (dumber) transport obsolete, and I didn't reali=
se
>> it had any advantages over the new one.
>
> FWIW the old transport still has its place. =C2=A0If your web host (e=
=2Eg.,
> an ISP) allows only static content (no CGI), then there is no choice.
>
> Not so relevant for gitolite but still relevant in the world.

Also I now realise the new transport requires Apache, so people with
other web servers probably need it too.

I guess what remains is that the protocol is not efficient enough,
especially for normal push/fetch working-day interactions.  I'll find
suitable wording that reflects all this...

thanks

sitaram