Re: svn commit: r1079008 - /subversion/trunk/subversion/svnadmin/main.c

Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> writes:

> So I think it would be better if the cache was off by default, and must be
> enabled in a configuration file. I suppose svnserve and mod_dav_svn
> configuration files would be the best location for this,

svnserve doesn't have a configuration file. There is a per-repository
configuration file, but as I understand it the cache is a per-process
entity affecting all the repositories.

> because the
> purpose of the cache seems to be to speed up server operation.
> An 'svn' process has a short lifetime so the benefit of this cache
> seems dubious in that situation. I don't see any reason to even provide
> a way to turn it on there.

I guess it depends on the access patterns caused by the operations, it
might well speed up merge/diff/blame over ra_local/FSFS.

-- 
Philip