Re: BK kernel workflow

Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-10-26T13:11:52Z

Larry McVoy wrote:
> Things we are working on include performance (Wayne has a hot cache
> linux-2.5 tree consistency check down to around 2 seconds, that's
> about a 10x improvement over what it is now), we're revamping the GUIs
> to be useable by normal humans, we're working on scaling to >500,000
> changesets in one tree, we're working on scaling the number of files and
> source to millions of files and GB of source (we just had to recompile
> with largefile support for a customer this weekend, while it worked,
> we thought the performance on a 2GB file was pathetic, it is pathetic,
> it should run at the platter speed but as I dug into I found it out
> wasn't that easy), we're working bug database integration, we're working
> on review queues, we're working on project management, we're working on
> large binary management, etc.

Ok this is probably a very stupid proposal, but since I just
woke up I feel like saying stupid things, and plus I'm happy
with my 512 extra RAM, so here goes:

have you considered some kind of "open source obsolete
versions" procedure à la Aladdin? They develop GhostScript, and
have some sort of "dual licence" strategy: the latest version
follows the AFPL licence, and older versions are released under
GPL.

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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