Re: Git: Do not use http to access Git!

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 03:45:55PM +0200, Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Nicolas Trangez <eikke eikke com> wrote:
> > If this load issue concerns initial 'git clone' calls over HTTP, and not
> > further updates ('git fetch'), a solution might be to create baseline
> > tarballs (e.g. weekly) containing a packed HTTP clone, and put these
> > available for download. HTTP users can download and unpack these, then
[..]
> This would be amazing to have. It has been mentioned before.
> I understand though it might be difficult to set it up and get it working.

The fetch likely also impacted performance (fetch+clone is pretty much
the same I guess). Now with the new method, I think all problems should
be gone.

Regarding unreliable internet connections, anyone is free to setup
something (tarballs/mirrors). Or clearly show there is a great need for
this (gnome-i18n?).

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Regards,
Olav