[Monotone-devel] netsync question

[Markus Schiltknecht]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand netsync and all the 'how-to-store-deltas'
question.

In the wiki as well as in some IRC logs it's taken as a fact that
netsync has to use forward-deltas. Why is that? I can't find a good
reason for not using backwards-deltas in netsync. It seems to even have
some benefits, like the ability of pulling only the head(s) of a branch.

What do I oversee?

Markus