Author: danielsh
Date: Wed Jun 12 15:48:34 2013
New Revision: 1492253
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1492253
Log:
On the fsfs-format7 branch, ask a few questions in BRANCH-README.
Modified:
subversion/branches/fsfs-format7/BRANCH-README
Modified: subversion/branches/fsfs-format7/BRANCH-README
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/branches/fsfs-format7/BRANCH-README?rev=1492253&r1=1492252&r2=1492253&view=diff
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--- subversion/branches/fsfs-format7/BRANCH-README (original)
+++ subversion/branches/fsfs-format7/BRANCH-README Wed Jun 12 15:48:34 2013
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ Note that by making the decision conting
and packed representation, all large data that benefits from these will
still be stored within the rev and pack files.
+/* danielsh: so if we have a file which is 20MB over many revisions, it'll
+be stored in fulltext every single time unless the configured threshold is
+changed? Wondering if that's the best solution... */
+
Binary representations
----------------------
@@ -164,6 +168,9 @@ comparison to reading / writing them fro
only reduces CPU load during e.g. transaction building but also gives us
a deterministic repo representation without relying on stable hash order.
+/* danielsh: what change is this describing? sort the node-revs or reps of
+ * directory members in alphabetical order by basename? */
+
Containers
----------
@@ -189,7 +196,7 @@ Star-Deltification
Most node contents are smaller than 500k, i.e. less than Txdelta 2 window.
Those contents shall be aggregated into star-delta containers upon pack.
This will save significant amounts of disk space, particularly in case
-of heavy branching. Also, the data extraction is indenpendent of the
+of heavy branching. Also, the data extraction is independent of the
number of deltas, i.e. delta chain length) within the same container.
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ current|min-unpacked-revprop).
(danielsh adds: if we do this, would be nice to have 'svnadmin info' command
that prints the equivalent of `cat fs-type uuid ../format ../db/format`; but
-that's orthogonal to all backend changes.)
+that's orthogonal to all backend changes. (update: done in 1.9/trunk))
Support for arbitrary chars in path names
