From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Switching to Subversion Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:20:03 +0100 Message-ID: <85bqncxszg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <87r6wh1o5h.fsf@olgas.newt.com> <87bqnk74d1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87irhqho6w.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87mz6y8y3j.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bqne87ur.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <10609.1163264429@olgas.newt.com> <87fycphhyr.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <87odrdzci9.fsf@olgas.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1163367688 9665 80.91.229.2 (12 Nov 2006 21:41:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:41:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bill Wohler , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 12 22:41:26 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN4u-0003kH-EP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:41:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN4t-0001VY-Py for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:41:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN4a-0001Qy-P8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN4a-0001Qf-4z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GjN4a-0001Qb-1W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GjN4a-0004UM-4L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GjN4R-0006j3-FI; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:40:55 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 219221CD9DA7; Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:20:03 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun\, 12 Nov 2006 16\:12\:44 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:62135 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Before considering use of subversion for Emacs I would have to use > it for something else, to see what it is like. IIRC, TeXlive switched to it from a proprietary version control system, and they experienced performance and/or bandwidth issues. Now TeXlive is a project with a _vast_ number of small files, probably lots more than Emacs. Maybe Karl Berry can report some of his experiences since he is, IIRC, involved with TeXlive. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum