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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: Smart fetch via HTTP?
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On Fri, 18 May 2007, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> On 5/18/07, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> > And if you have 1) the permission and 2) the CPU power to execute such a
> > cgi on the server and obviously 3) the knowledge to set it up properly,
> > then why aren't you running the Git daemon in the first place?
> 
> And you probably _are_ running git daemon. But some clients may be on
> shitty connections that only allow http. That's one of the scenarios
> we're discussing.

That's not what I'm disputing at all.

I'm disputing the vertue of an HTTP solution involving a cgi with Git 
bundles vs an HTTP solution involving static file range serving.  The 
clients on shitty connections don't care either ways.


Nicolas