On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Ivan Zhakov <ivan_at_apache.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:14 AM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato_at_collab.net> wrote:
>> On 01/09/2013 03:10 PM, Ivan Zhakov wrote:
>>> I'm thinking about interoperability between svn 1.8-serf client and
>>> pre-1.8 server: currently we use non-bulk skelta mode and this leads
>>> PROPFINDs and GETs for each file/directory. I've added option to
>>> advertise inline props support to leave possibility to use bulk
>>> (send-all) mode for pre-1.8 server by default, while relying on server
>>> configuration for newer servers.
>>
>> Ah, I see. So the client can say, "If you're going to force me to do a
>> zillion turnarounds, I'd rather take the all-in-one-response option,
>> please." Seems reasonable.
>>
> Yes, that was my plan. The only argument that I found against this
> approach that we will have many different modes depending of
> server/client versions and configurations:
>
> client server behavior
> 1.8.x-serf 1.8.x skelta-mode without
> propfinds (unless configured by server)
> 1.8.x-serf 1.7.x bulk-mode
> 1.7.x-serf 1.7.x skelta-mode with propfinds
> 1.7.x-neon 1.7.x bulk-mode
>
>
> But it makes sense: upgrading only one part (server or client) doesn't
> change network protocol, which is good thing IMHO.
+1 from me.
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Thanks
Mark Phippard
http://markphip.blogspot.com/
Received on 2013-01-09 21:25:16 CET