Branko Čibej wrote on Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 14:50:51 +0200: > On 11.06.2013 14:38, stef...@apache.org wrote: > > Author: stefan2 > > Date: Tue Jun 11 12:38:53 2013 > > New Revision: 1491765 > > > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1491765 > > Log: > > * site/publish/docs/release_notes/1.8.html > > (fsfs-deltification): say why we don't enable it by default and what > > caches the user should enable to minize adverse effects > > > > Modified: > > subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html > > > > Modified: subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html > > URL: > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html?rev=1491765&r1=1491764&r2=1491765&view=diff > > ============================================================================== > > --- subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html (original) > > +++ subversion/site/publish/docs/release-notes/1.8.html Tue Jun 11 12:38:53 > > 2013 > > @@ -1147,7 +1147,11 @@ size will usually be minimal.</p> > > > > <div class="notice"> > > <p>By default, directory and property deltification are > > <em>disabled</em>. > > - You must edit <tt>db/fsfs.conf</tt> to enable these features.</p> > > + You must edit <tt>db/fsfs.conf</tt> to enable these features. The reason > > + is that deltification may amplify I/O in certain situations. To minimize > > + that effect, enable the <a > > + > > href="http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.7.html#data-caches"; > > + >txdelta cache</a>.</p> > > </div> > > Hmmm .... why didn't we just give "svnadmin create" new flags to control > these features? Editing fsfs.conf every time one creates a new > repository would tend to become a bit tedious.
There's no UI in svnadmin to set the shard size, either. (Editing fsfs.conf while HEAD == 0 happens to work with the current implementation.)
