Re: [TSVN] RFC: Nightlies & Cache

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:05:33 +0000, Will Dean <svn@indcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> At 09:32 15/02/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >Shall we force our nightly build users (= beta testers) to use the new
> >cache? This way we would get more testers and more results.
>
> I think I'd be +1 on this - like you say, it probably makes next to no
> difference in practice, but might slightly widen the testing net. The only
> downside is that I'm not really going to be able to do much work on the
> cache for the next couple of weeks, which might be a problem if a load more
> people suddenly started using it.

We could (*shudder*) provide an option in the settings dialog to
switch between the old and the new cache. That way people not
satisfied with the new cache can switch back easily.

> >If yes, then we should get rid of the following settings:
>
> >- "show folder status": should implicitely be set to true
>
> I think we should certainly get rid of this - ISTR it only appeared as an
> attempt to solve a perf problem which it didn't solve.

It _did_ solve a perf problem: with this unchecked, the folder status
wasn't even fetched - if the folder had an .svn folder in it the
'normal' overlay was shown, otherwise no overlay at all.

So, about removing those settings: I'm all for it, but not just right
now! When we definitely switch to the new cache and completely get rid
of the old one, _then_ we can get rid of those options too, but not
before. As long as people want/can switch back to the old cache, we
need those options.

> >- the two "paths to [in|ex]clude" boxes: The cache is good, so why exclude
> >anything?

These options I like to keep, even with the new cache. Because you
might have mapped a network folder into a normal folder (e.g.
C:\mynetworkfolder) and since that's a slow one you want to exclude
it.
Remember: Win2k/XP can not only map folders to drives, but also can
link a folder inside another folder (volumes).

> Exclude really shouldn't be necessary, although there's always someone with
> a 85000-file directory...

Right - that's another reason too.

Stefan

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