From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?GB2312?B?0Oy1zw==?= Subject: Re: About Summer of code idea -- better big-file support Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:33:50 +0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=GB2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: =?GB2312?B?R2l0INPKvP7B0LHt?= To: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Mar 20 13:33:59 2011 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 1Q1HpW-00012u-7N for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:33:58 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752155Ab1CTMdx convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:33:53 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.210.174]:63900 "EHLO mail-iy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752092Ab1CTMdv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:33:51 -0400 Received: by iyb26 with SMTP id 26so5540983iyb.19 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:33:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=r8Svsmted3CGBEKKetJsY1v0LGMzcx5MFMvLpUbF6WM=; b=RCCQ6aVXcMTNGbc1051xXtsX9POAWLYillZtpdiJVi8fuhfwj5+iShDWv0Mi8Ej8Ww T9SYp+2+rTXtiA8agm4B8W/aKBJQpRwU8mcjZYFNvCetq6ugwsnqerDU51oVRypoYapc CUamCmvn1We0z/xikD5bB+iqXkAnd2zhqhad8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nBxrS6AeWOrm/IOx6MnG6YKUVu3ekFhPawILzE67j1lHpsleRuY6V7s9l+uoecB9WL Kx7WO3IPXxxzc0ZZ1Dlgk/DvbexkOHOwyxM5F/RGMcFwd6iCs6md6vosXMn8f27oh+ES +zzODi3E/jtvfv4TvJLkVEVluJsi9IMBJ9mX0= Received: by 10.42.168.198 with SMTP id x6mr4856084icy.273.1300624430921; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.174.201 with HTTP; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:33:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2011/3/19 Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy : > 2011/3/19 =D0=EC=B5=CF : >> 2011/3/19, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy : >>> See below link for recent discussions regarding big file support: >>> >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165389/focus= =3D168956 >>> >>> On the store of big files, bup (at github) model might fit in as we= ll >>> if large files change a small portion regularly. >>> >> But, why those features haven't merged into upstream developement? >> Sorry for this question, but I'm fresh here. > > This is just my guess. For specific apps, you should pull their autho= rs in. > > All apps experiment different ways of dealing with big files and work > in certain situations. None is generic enough to be merged upstream. > Take bup as an example, it aims at big files _only_. A file is treate= d > as a directory of many smaller pieces. In order to get it merged, we > need to separate those big files from the rest because it's just too > different in handling them. > -- > Duy > Thanks for that timely link, I think I should do some more research now= :P