On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:45:55PM +0200, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Nicolas Trangez <[email protected]> wrote: > > If this load issue concerns initial 'git clone' calls over HTTP, and not > > further updates ('git fetch'), a solution might be to create baseline > > tarballs (e.g. weekly) containing a packed HTTP clone, and put these > > available for download. HTTP users can download and unpack these, then [..] > This would be amazing to have. It has been mentioned before. > I understand though it might be difficult to set it up and get it working.
The fetch likely also impacted performance (fetch+clone is pretty much the same I guess). Now with the new method, I think all problems should be gone. Regarding unreliable internet connections, anyone is free to setup something (tarballs/mirrors). Or clearly show there is a great need for this (gnome-i18n?). -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
