Support large repositories!

Posted Apr 4, 2010 8:18 UTC (Sun) by ikm (guest, #493)
In reply to: Support large repositories! by fdr
Parent article: A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap

> I don't think the grandparent was suggesting you not version data, just that it be done using some other mechanism.

mechanism other than a VCS (version control system)? Maybe, like, a hammer, or a shovel? But not a VCS. Definitely not. VCSes are not for versioning data, no, no. Shovels are for that. Dig a hole, snatch your data, mark the place with a rock. And you're done.

Support large repositories!

Posted Apr 5, 2010 21:40 UTC (Mon) by fdr (guest, #57064) [Link]

In my mind, there's a real use case for different handling of smaller,
textual artifacts and larger blobs. Maybe one could call the DVCSs as they
exist now incomplete, but I would say the same for the centralized systems
where I feel my ability to interrogate textual history is agonizingly slow
(and, of course, requires network access).

No need to lean so heavily on the expansion of a TLA to make biting remarks.
It's somewhat silly.