On Sunday, January 24, 2010, D. Richard Hipp <d...@hwaci.com> wrote: > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle wrote: > >> Hi someone recently mentioned to me that they were uncomfortable with >> their entire repository in a single file. I am happy with it, but why >> would this be a problem? >> -Large projects? >> -Big blobs in your source? >> -filesystem limits >> -lots of submitters (eg git for the Linux kernel) >> >> I'd like to come up with a good response >> but I couldn't find on the FAQ/q's&criticisms. > > I don't really understand the objection. Why would you want your data > spread out over multiple files? Seems to me, the more file you have, > the more likely you are to misplace one or damage one or forget to > copy one when you are doing a backup.
I'm not sure either-that's why I asked here-because I figured it had been raised before. > Could this be a case of "we've never done it that way before"? Every > VCS uses a database. CVS, Git, and Hg all happen to use a pile-of- > files database of their own design. Fossil uses a well-tested > relational database (SQLite) for local storage. Seems to me that > outsourcing data storage to a well-tested and reliable database engine > rather than growing your own pile-of-files database would yield > improved reliability. Why would anybody think otherwise? Please help > me to understand. > I'm glad you're as confused as I am. Mostly the issue is 'everyone else is using svn lots are using git', >> >> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Stephen >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -- >> Stephen De Gabrielle >> stephen.degabrie...@acm.org >> Telephone +44 (0)20 85670911 >> Mobile +44 (0)79 85189045 >> http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen >> _______________________________________________ >> fossil-users mailing list >> fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org >> http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > D. Richard Hipp > d...@hwaci.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > -- -- Stephen De Gabrielle stephen.degabrie...@acm.org Telephone +44 (0)20 85670911 Mobile +44 (0)79 85189045 http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
