> Eric S. Raymond wrote on Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 19:54:17 -0500:
> > O(1) cost vs. O(n) cost, where n is the number of repos. Q.E.D.
[Daniel Shahaf]
> No, O(n) cost <=> O(m) cost, where M is Ω(the number of homedirs).
And also, the O(n) is piggybacked on top of another cost that is
_already_ O(n): setting up and maintaining user accounts on the hosting
server. Which brings up the point that for many such services, if not
most, various identity information is _already_ collected during the
setup process, and often are managed ("account preferences") by the
end-user after the fact as well.
In fact, I'm having trouble coming up with a scenario in which identity
/ contact information is interesting enough to want to publish via the
repository, yet not interesting enough to want to know before giving
someone commit access.
