[Monotone-devel] Re: Scalability question

[Bruce Stephens]

"Jonathan S. Shapiro" <address@hidden> writes:

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> Also, the need to sync a 400 kbyte object in order to begin a
> checkout is very disconcerting to users -- especially when you are
> doing it over a slow link at (e.g.) a hotel or (e.g.) a PPP link
> [Yes, a lot of people really still use dial-up).

That particular concern doesn't affect monotone, since all checkouts
are with a local database.

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