Hi Mark! Thanks, I tried this. And you were right, it looks like it's already been using neon as a default. I tried switching it to serve, and it promptly took 10-15% longer than with neon.
Will now check your other suggestions. Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Phippard [mailto:markp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Dienstag, 09. August 2011 17:52 > To: Ketting, Michael > Cc: dev@subversion.apache.org > Subject: Re: Significant checkout performance degradation between 1.6.1 > and 1.7b2 > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Ketting, Michael > <michael.kett...@rubicon.eu> wrote: > > > Hi Mark! > > Yes, I'm using HTTP. Well, HTTPS, but from the rest of your response, > that looks like a minor detail. > > This tidbit about the library is interesting news. I just did a bit of > mailing-list research on this subject. > How do I switch the library? Is there a command line option or a > config-setting for this? > I'm using the precompiled version from collabnet, and have never > actually compiled subversion myself. > > > > In Windows Explorer type %APPDATA%\Subversion in the address bar. This > will take you to the folder where the configuration is stored. > > Open the file named "servers" in a text editor like Notepad. > > Scroll to the bottom section and add: > > [global] > http-library = neon > > This explicitly sets it to use Neon. Keep in mind, that it looks like > TortoiseSVN is already compiled with Neon as the default, just as SVN 1.6 is. > So most likely this will not change anything. I do not know when > TortoiseSVN changed the default, so it is possible you have a client > compiled with Serf as default. It is worth a shot anyway. > > -- > Thanks > > Mark Phippard > http://markphip.blogspot.com/