Why merge is so slow? (was Re: svn commit: r926210 - /subversion/trunk/notes/meetings/svn-vision-agenda)

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 20:37, <hwright_at_apache.org> wrote:
> +Some other random stuff Hyrum would like to talk about:
> + * Why is merge slow (compared to $OTHER_SYSTEM)?
> +   - Is it endemic to Subversion's architecture, or can it be fixed?
My opinion that merge is slow because it's client driven. Client
perform a lot of requests to decide what revisions and files to merge.
Just an idea: move this logic to server side and use slightly extended
reporter/editor to apply changes on client.

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Ivan Zhakov
VisualSVN Team