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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
	David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com>,
	"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: update 64-bit core.packedGitLimit default
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:31:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621193107.pqjti44pc6xiip4u@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqefudp2n3.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:22:08PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Of course, the best alternative is retaining access to the packs, which
> > is what typically happens now on 64-bit systems (it's just that the
> > packedGitLimit was set pointlessly low). I'm not sure if you're asking
> > in general, or as a last-ditch effort for 32-bit systems.
> 
> As the last-ditch effort for 32-bit boxen.  But at this point in
> time we probably do not care about them too deeply?

Right, that was my general feeling. Especially as this is an issue only
for people hosting large and very active repositories (so "upgrade to a
better platform" is an easier pill to swallow for a few servers rather
than the whole of the Git population).

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-21 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-20 20:41 [PATCH] Increase core.packedGitLimit David Turner
2017-04-20 21:02 ` Jeff King
2017-04-20 21:58   ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-20 22:04     ` David Turner
2017-04-21  9:34       ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-06-21 13:51   ` [PATCH] docs: update 64-bit core.packedGitLimit default Jeff King
2017-06-21 16:25     ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-21 18:06       ` Jeff King
2017-06-21 18:38         ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-21 18:53           ` Jeff King
2017-06-21 19:22             ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-21 19:31               ` Jeff King [this message]
2017-06-21 13:44 ` [PATCH] Increase core.packedGitLimit Jeff King

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