RE: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: patch: automatic cacherev and smarter get

[Derek Zhou]

Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
> That's even more complex than it seems to be, because (from my
> experience) latency is usually more important than bandwidth. So it
> may be faster to download one 5Mb cachedrev than 50 patches of 10Kb
> each.
Agreed. Optimizing for remote archives is quite different than
optimizing for local archives. IMHO tla always sort of dodge this
problem by picking some middle position.  
> -- 
> Matthieu
> 
Derek