Re: [Gnu-arch-users] RFC: arch protocol, smart server, and tla implementation prototypes

[Bruce Stephens]

Colin Walters <address@hidden> writes:

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> First, "why a smart server?".  This has been discussed on the mailing
> list in the past, but here's a far-from-exhaustive list of reasons:
>
> o Ability to have a much more efficient protocol, avoiding server 
>   roundtrips
> o Execute post-commit hooks on the server when a revision is committed
> o Ability to have very flexible authentication and access control
> o Removing the need for a shared Unix account for multiple committers
> o Ability to record which revisions are accessed frequently, and
>   dynamically adjusting cached revisions to match

Presumably this also allows for a dumb client.  Say, one that runs on
operating systems which aren't enough like Unix?

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