On 2/22/06, Justin Erenkrantz <justin@erenkrantz.com> wrote:
> On 2/22/06, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato@collab.net> wrote:
> > Um... aren't you the guy that just implemented the equivalent of
> > 'svnadmin dump' over the RA layer? Does that not generate a similar
> > level of system strain?
>
> Agreed. I'd like to ensure that replay can only be done by authorized
> users/clients (if that's a hook, so be it). If we allow replay on
> some big public servers, it'd be a bad thing for those shared
> resources if everyone can do it. We can do a 'email us if you want to
> be on the replay list' - this is what most RBLs do for rsync services,
> etc. Yes, they can also do a checkout; but this feature seems a bit
> scary without a way to curb its capability. I shudder to think what a
> 380000-revision replay is going to look like.
If there's going to be such a hook, I'd just ask that it at least take
into account things like the base directory of the replay, so that
people can use replay to mirror particular branches, which seems safe,
but be kept from mirroring entire projects or repositories, which
would be dangerous.
-garrett
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Received on Wed Feb 22 23:36:18 2006