Re: git instructions

2018-02-07 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 9:59 PM, David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner < > ste...@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote: > >> >> > >> > Yes, this used to be the case, and is the reason behind the original >> > recommendation. It's what they

Re: git instructions

2018-02-06 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner < ste...@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote: > > > > > Yes, this used to be the case, and is the reason behind the original > > recommendation. It's what they call the "dumb HTTP protocol" in the > > docs. This is not the case when you use

Re: git instructions

2018-02-06 Thread Stefan Kaltenbrunner
On 02/01/2018 05:35 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Chapman Flack > wrote: > > On 02/01/2018 10:54 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > in saying that git:// is faster than https://. In fact, we have

Re: git instructions

2018-02-01 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Chapman Flack wrote: > On 02/01/2018 10:54 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > in saying that git:// is faster than https://. In fact, we have some > > reports and testing that https:// can be significantly faster (due to > other > > reasons).

Re: git instructions

2018-02-01 Thread Chapman Flack
On 02/01/2018 10:54 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > in saying that git:// is faster than https://. In fact, we have some > reports and testing that https:// can be significantly faster (due to other > reasons). Can you elaborate on the other reasons? It occurs to me that there might be cases in

git instructions

2018-02-01 Thread Magnus Hagander
Since some time back, we have deployed the git server side http handler on git.postgresql.org, so the instructions currently on the site are incorrect in saying that git:// is faster than https://. In fact, we have some reports and testing that https:// can be significantly faster (due to other