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(Re)Introduction (was: svn commit: r32461 - trunk/notes)

From: Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:12:30 -0700

Hey all... as you may have guessed from my commit below, I'm starting
on the long-needed WC rewrite. Some of you may not know who I am,
since I've been away from svn development for so long :-(

I was one of the initial developers of svn, way back in mid-2000. My
work focused on the DAV network layer, both client and server. I did a
bunch of work on other parts of svn, of course, but that was my
primary focus. Oh, and getting that f***kin' automake out of our build
and creating the current build system. I guess I'd say that I
contributed to svn development for maybe the first three years of its
life. Then my time kind of petered off, unfortunately.

I've recently come into a bunch of free time (woo!), and will work on
the next generation WC until the sucker is done. Not sure whether that
will be 3 months or 6, but no problem.

Other things that I'm interested in:
* stripping out Neon support, and just using serf going forward
* any serf work to support the above (particularly issues with
googlecode.com's svn server)
* create a new FS backend based on revlog
* offline commits

That should keep me busy for the next year, I think :-)

Cheers,
-g

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:42 PM, <gstein_at_tigris.org> wrote:
> Author: gstein
> Date: Wed Aug 13 13:42:30 2008
> New Revision: 32461
>
> Log:
> add some thoughts/notes
>
> Modified:
> trunk/notes/wc-ng-design
>
> Modified: trunk/notes/wc-ng-design
> URL: http://svn.collab.net/viewvc/svn/trunk/notes/wc-ng-design?pathrev=32461&r1=32460&r2=32461
> ==============================================================================
> --- trunk/notes/wc-ng-design Wed Aug 13 13:30:12 2008 (r32460)
> +++ trunk/notes/wc-ng-design Wed Aug 13 13:42:30 2008 (r32461)
> @@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ then, if these routines are passed file
> happy, meaning they still don't need to know where the text base /
> source file is...]
>
> +###GJS: the APIs should use streams so that we can decompress as the
> + stream is being read. the diff library will need a callback of some
> + kind to perform the rewind, which will effectively just close and
> + reopen the stream. if it rewinds *multiple* times, then we may want
> + to cache the decompressed version of the file. I'll
> + investigate. Given our metadata/base-text storage system, I suspect
> + it will be very easy to cache decompressed copies for a while.
> +
> In order to keep developers sane, it should be extremely clear at any
> one time - when operating on a tree - which tree is being operated upon.
>
> @@ -270,6 +278,7 @@ solely that specific task.
> #####XBC Do please note that this suggests yet another instance of
> pure polymorphism coded in C. This runs contrary to the
> developer sanity requirement.
> +###GJS: agreed with XBC.
>
>
> Speed
> @@ -283,6 +292,10 @@ the ACTUAL state (concentrated in one pl
> it around as long as required, matching it with the WORKING state before
> operating on either (not only when deemed important!).
>
> +###GJS: working copy file counts are unbounded, so we need to be
> + careful about keeping "all" stat results in memory. I'll certainly
> + keep this in mind, however.
> +
> Working from the ACTUAL tree will also prove to be a step toward clarity
> regarding the exact tree which is being operated upon.
>
> @@ -306,8 +319,12 @@ There are 3 known models for storing met
> groups of users:
>
> - in-subtree metadata storage (.svn subdir model, as in wc-1.0)
> + ###GJS: euh... aren't we axing this? who has *requested* this?
> - in-'tree root' metadata storage (working copy central)
> - detached metadata storage (user-central)
> + - in $HOME/.subversion/
> + - in arbitrary location (e.g. $HOME is a (slow) NFS mount, and we
> + want the metadata on a local drive, such as /var/...)
>
> A solution to implementing each of these behaviours in order to satisfy
> the wide range of use-cases they solve, would be to define a module
> @@ -318,6 +335,31 @@ post-1.0 experiences with public vtables
> implementation details are allowed to differ between releases (even patch
> releases).
>
> +###GJS: note that we are talking about both metadata AND base-text
> + content. (and yeah, optional and compresses base-texts can be done
> + during this rewrite) Also note that we might be able to share
> + base-text content across working copies if they are all keyed by
> + the MD5 hash into storage directories (under the user-central model)
> +
> +###GJS: I don't think vtables are needed here. This is simply altering
> + the base location, not a whole new implementation. My plan is to
> + default to the "tree root" model with a .svn subdirectory. If a
> + .svn subdir is not found, then we fall back to looking in the
> + $HOME/.subversion/ directory (some subdir under there). If we
> + *still* don't find it, then some config options will point us to
> + the metadata/base-text location.
> +
> +###GJS: my plan is to upgrade the working copy if we find a pre-1.6
> + working copy. all the data will be lifted from the multiple .svn
> + subdirectories, and relocated to the "proper" storage location.
> + This will be a non-reversable upgrade, and will preclude pre-1.6
> + clients from using that working copy again.
> + Note: because of the "destructive" nature of this upgrade, and the
> + expected duration, we may want to require the user to perform an
> + explicit action in order to complete the upgrade. However, 1.6 will
> + not be able to *modify* wc-1.0 metadata -- just read it in order to
> + upgrade it to the new storage system.
> +
>
> Transaction duration / memory management
> ----------------------------------------
> @@ -350,6 +392,10 @@ as well as developer sanity: in the earl
> ment process, we'll be able to assess how well the design holds up
> under more difficult 'weather'.
>
> +###GJS: agreed. as much as possible, when I (re)implement the old APIs
> + in terms of the new APIs, then I'll write a whitebox test. we'll
> + see how long I keep that up :-P
> +
> Transactional updates
> ---------------------
>
> @@ -493,6 +539,10 @@ Given the assumption of 'little code dup
> having several modules which implement the same API (vtable) is
> justifiable.
>
> +###GJS: disagree. I plan to have just one library (libsvn_wc2?) and
> + will probably have no vtables. there is very little need for
> + distinct implementations, as far as I can tell.
> +
>
> Implementation proposals
> ========================
> @@ -564,6 +614,21 @@ goal of 'atomic updates' can be realised
> in an incomplete yet locked state. This would also invalidate issue #1879.
>
>
> +Basic Storage Mechanics
> +-----------------------
> +
> +All metadata will be stored into a single SQLite database. This
> +includes all of the "entry" fields *and* all of the properties
> +attached to the files/directories. SQLite transactions will be used
> +rather than the "loggy" mechanics of wc-1.0.
> +
> +Base text data will be stored in a multi-level directory structure,
> +keyed/named by the MD5 of the file. The database will record
> +appropriate mappings, content/compression types, and refcounts for the
> +base text files (for the shared case).
> +
> +
> +
> Other sections
> ---------------
> +==============
> remain to be done
>
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