Stefan Sperling <stsp_at_elego.de> writes:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 03:53:16PM +0200, Stefan Sperling wrote:
>> Stefan2 pointed out that format 7 is less efficient if packing is disabled.
>> So to fully benefit from format 7 in the default configuration, users must
>> currently run 'svnadmin pack' or edit fsfs.conf to enable packing after commit.
>> Since format 7 adds locking support to pack, so it should be safe to trigger
>> packing at any time.
>>
>> It looks like it makes sense to enable packing after commit by default
>> for format 7 repositories. Any objections?
>
> And here's a more complete patch, fixing test fallout.
>
> [[[
> Enable packing by default in format 7 FSFS repositories.
>
> * subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs.h
> (CONFIG_SECTION_DEBUG): Remove.
> (CONFIG_SECTION_PACKED_REVS): New configuration section "packed-revisions",
> which contains options controlling revision packing behaviour. (Perhaps this
> should be called "packing" and merged with the "packed-revprops" section in
> a backwards-compatible way.)
>
> * subversion/libsvn_fs_fs/fs_fs.c
> (read_config): If the file format supports the pack lock, default to
> pack-after-commit.
One thing to consider is the behaviour of a large, unpacked, repository
when upgraded from format 6 to format 7: if we pack by default the first
commit after the upgrade will pack the whole repository which could take
a long time and the committing client may well timeout. The admin could
avoid this by running pack manually after the upgrade, or should upgrade
invoke pack automatically (perhaps controlled by the same config flag)?
--
Philip Martin | Subversion Committer
WANdisco // *Non-Stop Data*
Received on 2014-06-16 22:02:24 CEST