Re: Kernel SCM saga..

Jeff Garzik
2005-04-08T17:37:16Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Matthias-Christian Ott wrote:
>
>>SQL Databases like SQLite aren't slow.
>
>
> After applying a patch, I can do a complete "show-diff" on the kernel tree
> to see the effect of it in about 0.15 seconds.
>
> Also, I can use rsync to efficiently replicate my database without having
> to re-send the whole crap - it only needs to send the new stuff.
>
> You do that with an sql database, and I'll be impressed.

Well... it took me over 30 seconds just to 'rm -rf' the unpacked
tarballs of git and sparse-git, over my LAN's NFS.

Granted that this sort of stuff works well with (a) rsync and (b)
hardlinks, but it's still punishment on the i/dcache.

Jeff