Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Scalability question

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 20:55 +0100, Bruce Stephens wrote:
> "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > 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.

All this does is move the issue from checkout delay to push/pull delay.
The issue still exists.

But I agree that the issue is more easily mitigated there. Since it's
related to another note I'm sending out anyway, I'll take this up
separately.

shap